Have you ever used the Nuffield program for Childh Have you ever used the Nuffield program for Childhood Apraxia or Speech?

We’re working on quiet plosives in CV and VC positions. I love that the program contains four cards for each word!

I’m also using @bjoremspeech cards to cue for the /p/ sound.

The reinforcer activity was to give felt pieces that then make a tangram picture!

#apraxiaofspeech #speechpathologist #childhoodapraxiaofspeech #slpa #speechtherapy #apraxiakids #adventuresinspeechpathology
This page always gets a lot of laughs!!! Using th This page always gets a lot of laughs!!!

Using the metaphor of “tail sounds” is such a fun way to talk about final consonant deletion with your kids ❤️

#adventuresinspeechpathology #speechpathology #speechtherapy #slp #slpeeps #phonology #minimalpairs
First therapy session for /r/. No, I did not focu First therapy session for /r/.

No, I did not focus on isolation.

I found words that the child COULD SAY correctly, and practiced those 🙌🏻

Can you see any patterns of where they are most accurate?

#articulation #speechtherapy #adventuresinspeechpathology #speechsounddisorders #articulationdelay
Love being able to SEE how much we have practiced, Love being able to SEE how much we have practiced, and what words the child can say correctly!

ALSO... THIS PAGE IS 100 TRIALS 🥳

Which means it’s one of my favourite pages to send for home practice!

#speechtherapyactivities #speechtherapy #slp #slpa #slpeeps #articulation #articulationtherapy
Simple therapy activity. You don’t need to be re Simple therapy activity. You don’t need to be really fun.

🥳 Just be fun enough! 🥳

We used a simple dinosaur mouth to practice our words. He was engaged, and we got 13 practices in a minute 🙌🏻That’s all that matters!!

Please don’t think that you need every fancy toy! Simple activities can be so effective.

FYI: two weeks ago I taught this little one /kl/ and /gl/ blends and they have generalised to final position!!! 💪🏻💪🏻

#articulationtherapy #Speechtherapy #Speechsounddisorders #spla #slpeeps #speechsounds #Adventuresinspeechpathology
Cues and syllables. At around the age of 4, I real Cues and syllables. At around the age of 4, I really like to check those early phonological awareness skills, especially for those kids who have been seeing me for a little while due to a severe speech sound delay.

Many of my kids show weak syllable deletion, difficulties perceiving and identifying sounds, or just lack awareness of “syllableness”.

While I love to use the body to clap and tap the syllables in words, I also little to use real objects to represent the “beats”. With this little one, I use Cued Articulation gestures to help them “see” the sounds.

What’s your fave thing to use to work on beats?

#articulation #phonologicalawareness #preschoolslp #speechsounddisorders #Adventuresinspeechpathology
Any guesses what this is?? I am LOVING making new Any guesses what this is??

I am LOVING making new metaphors for speech patterns and substitutions that you see in your caseload.

I think I have 5 new Minimal Pair Toolkits that I’m halfway through 🤗 it’s been so fun to get back to creating (vs. attending meetings, replying to emails and fixing problems 😅).

#minimalpairs #speechtherapy #phonology #articulation #slpsontpt
I saw a psychologist yesterday! And I was excited I saw a psychologist yesterday!

And I was excited. I have ups and downs. High expectations of myself. Difficulties balancing being a mum, SLP, wife and small business owner.

I have mum guilt. I’m stressed. I love working... maybe too much.

Anyway. It’s okay to admit that you need someone to help ❤️

FYI: before you ask, my jumper is from @beetheslp

#adventuresinspeechpathology #itsokaynottobeokay
Why do the SLOW way when you can make BIG CHANGES Why do the SLOW way when you can make BIG CHANGES and maybe have a child in and out of your door in three sessions?

👉🏻 I posted this last year, but I want to remind you all again!

So it might not always go like this, but for some kids, it is literally like you flicked a switch and their sound system almost instantly goes, “ohhhhhh.... L and W are different sounds so I should be saying them differently”. With this little example, I DID have to give placement cues in my first session as he wasn’t stimulable for /l/. And you’re allowed to!

But I stuck to my guns with the minimal pairs approach to help him understand that he has to contrast the sounds so that they make sense to people like me ☺️ At the end of the day, we shouldn’t be keeping our kids longer in therapy than they need to. Choosing an approach that thinks ‘big picture’ and can make big changes can speed up how long they’re on your caseload.

#phonology #speechtherapy #slp #preschoolslp #ashaweb #slp2b #speechlanguagepathology #slpeeps #schoolslp #slpbloggers #speechies #adventuresinspeechpathology
One set of cards, one type of gesture, one special One set of cards, one type of gesture, one special trick that you learned WILL NOT WORK for every child!!!

I get asked a lot what I’d do for kids who can’t say /k/, /r/, or a frontal lisp.

And it’s different every time, because what my kids do is different!

So don’t keep using the same cue and wondering why it isn’t working. Try DIFFERENT visuals, see how metaphors, orthographic and pragmatic cues work.

Try a mirror, give phonetic placement cues, facilitate using vowels, and trial the sound in different positions including clusters!

Your bag of tricks need to be BIG!

#articulationtherapy #slpa #slpgradstudent #speechsounddisorders #slpeeps #slpsofinstagram #slpbloggers #articulation #speechsounds #adventuresinspeechpathology
Have you ever used the Nuffield program for Childh Have you ever used the Nuffield program for Childhood Apraxia or Speech?

We’re working on quiet plosives in CV and VC positions. I love that the program contains four cards for each word!

I’m also using @bjoremspeech cards to cue for the /p/ sound.

The reinforcer activity was to give felt pieces that then make a tangram picture!

#apraxiaofspeech #speechpathologist #childhoodapraxiaofspeech #slpa #speechtherapy #apraxiakids #adventuresinspeechpathology
This page always gets a lot of laughs!!! Using th This page always gets a lot of laughs!!!

Using the metaphor of “tail sounds” is such a fun way to talk about final consonant deletion with your kids ❤️

#adventuresinspeechpathology #speechpathology #speechtherapy #slp #slpeeps #phonology #minimalpairs
First therapy session for /r/. No, I did not focu First therapy session for /r/.

No, I did not focus on isolation.

I found words that the child COULD SAY correctly, and practiced those 🙌🏻

Can you see any patterns of where they are most accurate?

#articulation #speechtherapy #adventuresinspeechpathology #speechsounddisorders #articulationdelay
Love being able to SEE how much we have practiced, Love being able to SEE how much we have practiced, and what words the child can say correctly!

ALSO... THIS PAGE IS 100 TRIALS 🥳

Which means it’s one of my favourite pages to send for home practice!

#speechtherapyactivities #speechtherapy #slp #slpa #slpeeps #articulation #articulationtherapy
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Activities, Phonology · October 31, 2019

Carryover Ideas for K & G your kids will keep playing

Every now and then I unexpectedly stumble on a therapy goldmine and today was that day! Now a lot of us will have an army of Fronters on our caseload who find the ‘k’ and ‘g’ sound hard.

And as we all know, therapy can get pretty dry and your kids can get unmotivated FAST. It can be hard to lure them into our room with the same games and apps, so this is where PLAY comes in… with focus. Sneaky focus.

The activity: A train set is a therapy staple in most rooms. This is your golden ticket item. The more pieces that the train set has, the more opportunities you have for practice. I’m talking train tracks, people, crossings, buildings, trees, cars, and all those other little bits to help you to create a town.

WORK YOUR KIDS WHILE THEY’RE SETTING UP

Don’t just hand your kids the train track pieces and start targeting your sounds once it is complete. Build the track WHILE working on those ‘k’ and ‘g’ sounds. I like to work my kids hard, so yes, they will work for those pieces! Here is a little list of easy-medium-tricky sentence starters that you can use with your child that contain the sounds we are working on:

  • I’ve got…
  • You’ve got…
  • You keep…
  • Connect the…
  • Can I have…
  • Can I get…
  • Can I connect the..
  • Can I keep the…

All your child has to do now, is fill in the blank… “Can I have a piece?” or “Can I get a long piece?” And if you want to throw in some extra words, try adding on “big” and “track” to create a long, sound-filled sentence such as, “Can I get a big track?”. That’s FOUR “k” and “g” sounds guys. Wahoo.

PLAY TIME FOR ‘K’ AND ‘G’

I love this next part. We will be thinking about play themes and things that we can do to sabotage play and encourage those “k” and “g” sounds spontaneously. First up, all of this does not have to occur in a single play session (whether at home or in the speech home).

  • Get on/get off: put animals and/or people on the train tracks so that your child has to tell them to “get off”. People and animals can also “get on” the trains when it stops.
  • Good spot: If your train set includes buildings, trees, and signs, then ask your child to point out a “good spot” to put them. My kids love designing a town using long sentences such as, “Look, I’ve got a good spot”. I then give them a piece, and they find the next spot.
  • Girl/goat/cow/cat/kitten/unicorn: toys with your target sound are great for play and sabotage! Encourage your child to use the animal’s name… and make the animals do really cheeky things! I will often talk about a naughty goat who likes to eat different things so my kids can say things like, “goat, stop eating the tracks.” You can also name little people “k” and “g” names such as Cody, Katie, Cameron or Chloe and have your child tell them what to do.
  • Go/going/coming/call: trains can stop and go and people can ask where the train is going, or tell the train where they would like to go. Ask your child to call out when the train is coming too… “the train is coming…the train is going to stop.”
  • Colors: talk about the different colors you see and ask your child to request which color object they’d like, “I want the color blue.”
  • Break/broken/tracks/crossing: Does your child know the show Bob the Builder? The catchphrase is “Can you fix it? Yes, we can.” So, create a little train drama and sabotage the tracks or a crossing and ask your child if they can fix it. A train might break down, a track might be broken… get creative!

Want some more structured speech sound ideas integrating play? Go and download my free ‘r’ and ‘l’ Articulation in Play Handouts (or check out the full bundle of sounds). And while you’re at my store, see if any of my Fronting resources could help your kids.

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