Have you ever tried to explain the type of phonological intervention that you will be doing to a parent, teacher, or in an IEP meeting, and you just know that no one understands you? Terms like 'minimal pairs', 'contrast', 'cycles', and …
Who would you use the minimal pairs approach with?
There are a lot of different interventions for children with speech sound disorders. Yep, we can be spoilt for choice! So, when a child presents themselves in your speech therapy room, what helps you decide whether minimal pairs is the right …
Free visuals to help your speech students
Have you ever worked with a child who can hear the difference in YOUR speech, but they can't judge themselves to be correct or incorrect? They think that they're saying it right... but they actually aren't. I'm a big fan of developing …
How to teach the ‘ch’ sound for speech therapy
Are you stuck trying to teach the 'ch' sound with your child and need some new ideas? In speech therapy, there is no such thing as 'one-trick' to teach a sound, because every child learns to say their sounds differently. The following ideas are a few …