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AAC Devices for Autism | Are Communication Devices Helpful?
AAC Devices for Autism AAC Devices for autism were designed with one thing in mind: giving a voice to children who can't speak. Speaking is how we as adults communicate with those around us. It allows us to interact with other people and influence the world around
Lateral Lisp Exercises for Speech Therapy
What is a Lateral Lisp? A lateral lisp, also called a lateral /s/ or palatal lisp, can be a very tricky thing to treat. With a lateral lisp, air is forced over the sides of the tongue for sounds like /s/, /z/, and “sh” instead
Why Questions for Kids | Activities for Speech Therapy or Class
"Why" Questions - Speech Therapy Activities and Program Children sometimes struggle to answer questions, particularly "why" questions. We can use simple activities in speech therapy to help a child learn to answer "why" questions in conversation. This page explains how to do speech/language therapy for teaching a
“What” Questions for Kids | Speech Therapy Activities and Ideas
"What" Questions for Kids: Children with language delays often have difficulty answering questions. When teaching a child to answer questions, it is helpful to teach one question form at a time. This page is all about teaching "what"questions in speech therapy. We will break this skill down
How to Teach Articles: Speech Therapy for “a”, “the”, “some”
How to Teach Articles: Speech Therapy for "a", "the", "some" Children with language delays often leave out articles like “a”, “the”, and “some”. This can make their speech choppy and hard to follow. Your child should be using articles by 4 years of age. Some children start using
CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV Words | Speech Therapy Materials
CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV Words: Speech Therapy Materials Children who are learning to speak or learning to read can benefit from practicing with shorter words first, such as: Consonant-Vowel (CV) Words Vowel-Consonant (VC) Words Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) Words Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (CVCV) Words This page contains lists of CV, VC,
When Questions Speech Therapy | Games & Question Lists
Download the Free When Questions Speech Therapy Game Join the Hub to Access (Free Trial) When Questions Speech Therapy Children with language delays often have difficulty answering questions. When teaching a child to answer questions, it is helpful to
AAC Apps | Best AAC Apps for Children (2025)
Best AAC Apps of 2025: A Review of my Favorites An Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) App is a program where a child can push a button and the device will speak what the child wants to say. It's a way for non-speaking children to be understood. There are
How to Teach Irregular Plural Nouns
How to Help a Child Use Irregular Plural Nouns Most of the time in the English language, when we want to say that there is more than one of something, we just add an –s to the end of the word. Easy enough. However, there are quite a
Child/Baby not Responding To Name: How Can We Help?
Child/Baby not Responding to Name: Many parents worry when their baby or toddler is not responding to his name. A child may be ignoring you when you call his name for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, it is just because the child isn't tuned
Stimming and Hand Flapping when Excited – How to Help
Stimming and Flapping when Excited - How to Help Is it a problem if a child is stimming and hand flapping when excited? Sometimes, children will flap their hands or engaging in self-stimulatory behaviors (also called “stimming”) when they are excited, anxious, overwhelmed, or having other strong emotions.
How to Teach Possessive ‘s and Possessive Pronouns
How to Teach Possessive 's and Possessive Pronouns to Children: The possessive 's is what we add to a noun to indicate possession. We can use it to say "Sally's ball", "Mommy's cup" or "the school's mascot". We can also indicate possession by using possessive pronouns like "his",
How Do You Teach Past Tense Verbs to Kids?
Many children with language delays have difficulty using the past tense of verbs. If they want to talk about something that already happened, they will use the present tense or may mis-form the word to create regular/simple past tense or irregular past tense. This can make
Plurals Speech Therapy: How to Teach Regular Plural Nouns to Children
How to Teach Regular Plural Nouns in Speech Therapy: Most of the time when we have more than one of something, we just an an -s to the end of the word. But sometimes, we get to change the whole thing. We call those irregular plural nouns. Thanks
Word Retrieval / Word Finding Strategies & Activities
What Is Word Retrieval / Word Finding? Word finding, also called "word retrieval", is a person's ability to think of the right word when he/she needs it, such as during conversation. We all have those moments when we can't think of the right word, in that instant, we're
AAC Devices for Kids: What are They and How to Use Them
AAC Devices for Children: What are they and how to use them Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices are a way for children to communicate with others if they are unable to speak. They provide a way to reduce frustration for children who cannot communicate well with others and allow them
Teaching Pronouns – Speech Therapy | “He”, “She”, “They”
Join the Hub to Access (Free Trial) Teaching Pronouns in Speech Therapy Teaching pronouns in speech therapy is a common target because children with language delays often have difficulty with using the correct pronouns in conversation, especially the "he" and
Mumbling: 5 Steps to Cure It In Children
How to Reduce Mumbling in Children: So what do you do with the child who knows how to say all of her sounds correctly but in conversational speech she mumbles and doesn’t articulate well? That was the exact question I got from a reader this week and
Speech Sounds by Age (and How to Teach Them)
Speech Sounds by Age: When and How to Teach Speech Sound Pronunciation Children learn to pronounce speech sounds correctly at different ages. Some sounds develop earlier... ...and some develop later. When a child is late to learn a specific speech sound, we can help them through speech therapy
Fricatives Speech Therapy: Eliminating Stopping of Fricative
Fricatives Speech Therapy: Eliminating Stopping of Fricatives For many children with speech delays, long sounds called fricatives are particularly difficult. These are sounds that require continued air-flow, like /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, “th”, and “sh”. If your child has difficulty with all of these sounds, keep reading to
