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Phonological Awareness Hierarchy, Skills, and Goals
Phonological Awareness Hierarchy and Speech Therapy Goals Rhyming, alliteration, syllabification, blending, etc. These phonological awareness skills are crucial to literacy and reading success. This page will give you the hierarchy of phonological awareness skills and the order in which to teach them. Plus, we'll show you how to
Speech Therapy Generalization: Boosting Self-Awareness to Increase Carry-Over
Speech Therapy Generalization: Boosting Self-Awareness to Increase Carry-Over In episode 25 of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses how to increase self-awareness and carry-over skills for children who do not pay attention to if they are saying things correctly or not.
Teaching Present Progressive “-ing” Words for Kids
How to Teach Present Progress "-ing" Words to Children: The present progressive “-ing” grammatical marker is the one we tack on the end of a verb to say that the action is currently happening. For example, we might say “he is running” or “she is flying”. When a
Phonological Processes: Definition, Examples, and Therapy
Phonological Processes: Speech Therapy and Activities: When children are learning to speak, they use specific patterns to simplify harder sounds. They may drop off certain sounds to make a word shorter. Or they may swap harder sounds out for easier ones. These error patterns are called phonological processes. They
Initial Consonant Deletion: Minimal Pairs and Therapy Activities
Initial Consonant Deletion: Minimal Pairs and Therapy Activities Some children leave off beginning consonants from words. Cat becomes "at" Dog becomes "og" This is called initial consonant deletion and we can help children that are doing this with speech therapy activities. This page will teach you about initial
How to Make Speech Therapy More Fun (At Home or in Therapy)
“If you’re bored, then the child is probably bored.” I once received that advice from a professor in college regarding our speech therapy sessions. And she was right. If I was feeling bored by a session, most likely the child was also bored and probably not doing his or
/f/ Sound Speech Therapy: Activities for teaching “f”
/f/ Sound Speech Therapy: Activities and Treatment Suggestions By the age of 4 years, a child should be saying the /f/ sound correctly in conversation. But what if they're not? Never fear, speech therapy is here! On this page, we'll show you how to help a child say
Halloween Speech Therapy Activities
Halloween Activities for Speech and Language Halloween is almost here and children everywhere are getting excited about costumes and candy! Now is a great time to use the excitement of Halloween to get kids excited about working on speech and language skills. Here are some Halloween activities that will
PECS for Autism | Speech Therapy Phases and Strategies
PECS For Autism | Using Pictures to Help Children Communicate The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a way for non-speaking children to let you know what they need by handing you a picture. While children can use pictures to communicate in a variety of ways, the PECS
Social Skills for Autistic Adolescents and Teens
Social Skills for Autistic Adolescents and Teens Today we're discussing how to teach conversation and social skills to older children who are struggling. This may include children with autism or other social impairments. Social Skill Therapy for Autistic Adolescent and Teens: Join the
Speech Therapy for Autism: Activities, PDFs, and Info
Speech Therapy for Autism: Activities, PDFs, and Info Looking for speech therapy ideas for autistic children and teens? We have you covered! This page contains speech therapy activities, ideas, and information about working with autistic children and teens. We also explore the Speech and Language Kids Curriculums
AAC Devices for Autism | Are Communication Devices Helpful?
AAC Devices for Autism Augmentative-Alternative Communication (AAC) devices can help children with autism communicate when they struggle to speak. These devices can reduce frustration and improve quality of life for autistic children and their families. This page explains how AAC devices can help autistic children and teens
Stuttering Therapy for Children
How to conduct stuttering therapy with children On, this episode of the speech and language kids podcast, Carrie Clark reviews the current research on stuttering therapy for children. You will also learn how to conduct this therapy yourself. Note: This information is not intended to replace the guidance of a licensed
Lateral Lisp Exercises for Speech Therapy
Lateral Lisp Exercises for Speech Therapy When /s/ and /z/ sound slushy... And it sounds like there is a lot of saliva built up in the mouth.... A lateral lisp may be at play. This page contains exercises and speech therapy ideas for helping a child or teen
Screen Time and Speech/Language Delays
Hang in there, we're going to talk about screen time... Oh man do I hate this subject! Not so much as a speech-language pathologist but as a mom. Actually...as a mom of children during a pandemic. This is NOT an easy subject to write about but I know it's
/f/ Articulation Homework: Complete Home Program
Click here to download the free /f/ Articulation Home Program /f/ Articulation Homework Description: This complete start-to-finish home program will go through every step to teaching a child to produce the /f/ sound. This program contains worksheets, articulation cards, visual aids, etc. specifically designed for the /f/ sound
/p/ Articulation Homework: Complete Home Program
Click here to download the /p/ Articulation Home Program for free! /p/ Articulation Homework: Description The complete start-to-finish home program will go through every step to teaching a child to produce the /p/ sound. This program contains worksheets, articulation cards, visual aids, etc. specifically designed for the /p/
/b/ Articulation Homework: Complete Home Program
Click here to download the /b/ Articulation Home Program for free! /b/ Articulation Homework: Complete Home Program This /b/ articulation homework is a complete start-to-finish home program will go through every step to teaching a child to produce the /b/ sound. This program contains worksheets, articulation cards, visual
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
How to Teach a Child to Answer "What" Questions: 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. "What" questions is a great one to start with because it is
