Speech Syllable Shape – Informal Screener
€6.23
When you need to understand exactly which syllable shapes a student can produce across every English consonant, this simple informal screener gives you the full picture, fast. Useful for highly unintelligible speakers, suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), motor planning deficits, and progress monitoring, it assesses sounds across five syllable contexts: isolation, CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV. Engaging, colorful picture cards make it easy to administer with even your youngest students, and the digital copy means you can use it on a tablet or in print. A valuable addition to any speech assessment toolkit.
Description
Do you have a student with a speech sound disorder and need to better understand what syllable shapes they can use for each English consonant sound? Maybe you suspect Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a motor planning deficit, or just want to take a deeper look at any possible syllable restraints. This screener can help you plan therapy more effectively and report more clearly on your students speech sound system.
This simple, informal screener allows you to assess:
- The sound in isolation – (e.g., “s”)
- Consonant-Vowel CV – (e.g., “see”)
- Vowel-Consonant VC – (e.g., “ice”)
- Consonant-Vowel-Consonant CVC – (e.g., “sis”)
- Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel CVCV – (e.g., “sassy”)
DOWNLOAD THIS RESOURCE IF YOU WANT:
➊ — 21 large cards that assess simple-complex syllable shapes
➋ — A record form to determine any patterns or restraints
❸ — Digital copy of the screener to use on a tablet or computer
❹ — More information on a child’s speech sound system to help with report writing and planning speech goals.
“I used this as a progress monitoring tool for a student with CAS. It also helped me decide what to work on in sessions and write goals.”
THIS SCREENER IS HELPFUL FOR:
- Assessing young children with highly unintelligible speech
- Determining stimulability in isolation and other syllable contexts
- Identifying any syllable shape constraints (e.g., the child may not be able to use VC syllable shapes)
- Students who you suspect have Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and/or other motor planning challenges
- Progress monitoring
CONTENTS:
✅ — 21 syllable shape cards featuring English consonant sounds
✅ — Different syllable shapes, including stimulability for: C – CV – VC – CVC – CVCV shapes.
✅ — 21-slide digital copy to use on a tablet or computer
✅ — 1-page form to record what sounds and syllable shapes he student can use
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What SLP’s like you are saying:
“I love that it works for a wide range of students—from those with suspected CAS to highly unintelligible speakers—and that I can use it digitally or in print.”
“This was a super helpful tool while trying to analyze whether a student has characteristics of a motor planning deficit.”
“Love how thorough this screener is! It was really helpful to gather the complete pictures of a student’s sounds/syllable to use for baseline data to include in the IEP.”
IMPORTANT LICENSING & USAGE INFORMATION:
Single-User License: This digital resource is licensed for individual use only. You may print and assemble materials as needed for your personal use.
Need to share with your team? Upgrade to a Multi-User License to legally share this resource across your organization. Perfect for:
- Therapy teams and clinics
- School districts and educational institutions
- University programs and training centers
- Any organization seeking consistent tools across practitioners
Questions about licensing? Please review our complete Terms of Use or contact us for guidance.
NOTE: All of our products use US spelling as standard (for example, color, not colour). This has been our brand standard since we began, and it keeps every resource consistent across our range.
193 reviews for Speech Syllable Shape – Informal Screener
Julee W. –
Great Resource! Great pictures – well organized!
So happy to add this to my speech therapy toolbox! Great pictures and very well organized!
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Tess C. –
Super Helpful Screener!
This is such a quick and helpful way to look at syllable shapes and identify patterns in a student’s speech. It’s easy to use and gives me helpful information for deciding what to target in therapy. Great resource to have on hand!
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Laura A. –
Great resource!
Great resource! It was easy to use, and worked well with my students. Thank you!
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Eloise P. –
Great assessment tool
Great assessment tool, easy to use & engaging
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Lauren M. –
Great tool for informally evaluating speech sounds
Great tool for informal assessment of speech sounds. I like that it is broken up by sound and different syllable structures. Very organized and visually appealing!
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Rachel T. –
Amazing Resource!!!
This is amazing for all ages of students, but I have used it mostly for preschool students. It’s a nice supplement for speech sound assessments or to obtain present levels for IEPS
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Trisha (verified owner) –
I actually love this!! It takes all the hard work out of checking stimulability. The pictures are appealing and not too ‘babyish’ ( I used it with little ones & all the way up to 9yrs old) and the layout is so intuitive. If you need something quick and easy after a long assessment with the DEAP I absolutely recommend this 100% It gives a fantastic starting point for therapy. I also noticed lots of the children had a sense of success during as there’s at least something they can do/ say clearly (particularly the more severe little ones)
If I might add a quick suggestion ( cos I know Rebecca is always updating things !!) I added ‘teeth’ at the end, for a CVC (TH in WFP) on the very last one!! So happy to recommend another quality SLT designed assessment tool.
Erica H. –
Love this screener
Such a valuable resource for quickly evaluating and gathering a bunch of helpful information about a student’s speech.
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Christine H. –
Amazing… so helpful
This was perfect to help me gather data with my students who have motor planning issues. I love that everything is all together and that makes it easy to quickly pull together materials. Everything that Adventures in Speech Pathology creates it top notch!
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Kelly G. –
Very helpful!
This resource helped me gather meaningful data for my student with apraxia.
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Stacie K. –
Great resource
This has been so helpful!! So easy to use with my students!
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Abigail P. –
Excellent resource
Lots of time and energy went into this resource; very easy to use in session.
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Jessica S. –
Easy to use
Another great AISP resource that is easy to use and so helpful for tracking data.
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Cassandra F. –
Great for CAS Screening
This screener is such a practical tool for quickly getting insight into a child’s syllable structure and sound productions. I love that it works for a wide range of students—from those with suspected CAS to highly unintelligible speakers—and that I can use it digitally or in print. The layout makes it easy to administer, and the included record sheets are so helpful for tracking observations.
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Katy B. –
Great resource for each student’s fil
This is a great resource to get started with the new students on my caseload.
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Halie S. (verified owner) –
I love this bundle! It’s so helpful to have both a paper and digital version. The OME cards are super kid friendly and the syllable structure screener is a great tool to add to my speech sound disorder evaluations!
Warda A. (verified owner) –
I find it really useful tool to use in my assessment sessions to get kids. they engage in the OPE activities in a non invasive way as it’s all fun. The scoring sheets that goes with it helps to easily collate all the information you are gathering in the session.
Abigail C. (verified owner) –
This product has been super helpful when assessing my students! I recently took a job where the caseload is heavily speech sound disorders. The pictures are engaging. They elicit the child to complete the Oral Motor Section and helps me organize!
QuirkySpeech –
Helpful syllable structure screener
I love having this screener available to use with my younger clients. Easy to access and use during sessions.
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Susan M. –
Great Resource!
I found this resource to be really helpful for the children I am working with!
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misshaleyb –
Easy to use
Easy to use with many ages! The check boxes were helpful on each page.
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Elizabeth V. –
This resource has been so helpful in collecting baseline data for my student with apraxia. I appreciate the record sheet!
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Rachel S. –
Great resource for tracking student data! I will be using this in the future for any students with apraxia!
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Laura G. –
Easy to use and great resource for baseline data.
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Learning Effortlessly –
This resource is really easy to use with my students. I recommend it for a quick screener to get a baseline.
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Rachel M. –
I really like this for gathering updated present levels. Highly recommend!
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Clare S. –
Great resource to use with students with Apraxia..
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M B. –
Great resource for additional screening information.
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Nicolette Contella –
I love using this as part of my assessment tools to data track.
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Venus S. –
I love everything that you create! This was so incredibly helpful, thank you!
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Julia H. –
This was a great resource to use with students in speech sessions
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Rachel K. –
simple resource to help aid in articulation evaluation
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Mrs. Jessie SLP –
Use this resource ALL the time. It is so helpful to have a syllable shape screener.
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Creative Chatter –
Thank you! This helped me tremendously with my apraxia students!
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Abby E. –
This is an excellent screener that is quick and easy to administer!
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Thought Bubble SLP –
A great resource to have in my assessment toolbox. This is super helpful for progress monitoring and assessing sounds in longer, more complex words. I will literally buy anything you make. Your resources are such high quality and practical for integrating into sessions with students.
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Rambling SLP –
Really helpful for baselining and progress monitoring.
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Kelsey S. –
This screener has helped tremendously with my apraxia students!
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Gianna R. –
As with many of Rebecca’s resources, this one is well thought out, and the cues it provides for the students are wonderful.
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Speechy Travels –
This resource is very helpful, thank you very much!
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Melanie B. –
Fantastic resource for screening PK and EI students. They love looking at the pictures.
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Zee P. –
I love all of your resources! I love how quick and comprehensive this is!
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Emily G. –
Helpful in figuring out where to start with some of my CAS students.
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