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 …
Minimal Pairs Therapy: are you missing this first step?
Are you forgetting the first step of minimal pairs therapy? Because I'm going to admit it... back in my early career days, I may have missed this step! Familiarizing your students with the target words (usually picture cards) is a critical step of …
Free Speech Reminder Cards
In those early therapy days, when you are teaching a child a new sound, you can be pulling out SO MANY tips, tricks, and cues to see what helps them. And many times, it's one little thing; a prompt, cue, gesture, or metaphor that clicks with that …