The H Insertion Trick for Speech Therapy
$12.50
Have you ever had a child with phonological errors on your caseload who can say their new sound but they also insert their error sound AFTER the correct one when they try to use it in words (e.g. “fban” for fan)? It can be SO TRICKY! The H Insertion Trick might just be your answer! This resource includes all you need to teach your student this trick with intuitive, child-friendly visuals that just make sense! It is perfect for children using stopping errors (for: f, s and sh), or voicing errors (for: k, p, t). Save the frustration and try The H Insertion Trick for Speech Therapy today.
Description
Are you targeting stopping, but your child continues to insert a plosive between the target fricative sound and the rest of the word?
e.g., they say “fbeet” for feet
“shtip” for ship
“chtair” for chair
The ‘h’ insertion trick (also described as the aspiration trick by Dr. Caroline Bowen) essentially tricks students into saying words starting with voiceless fricatives, affricates and plosives accurately. By using visuals and blending the initial target sound with a word starting with /h/, children might be able to say their target words clearly.
“This is such a great resource! I have been able to see the growth my student’s have made utilizing the H insertion trick. It’s absolutely GENIUS!”
DOWNLOAD THIS RESOURCE IF YOU WANT:
➊–Proven cues to eliminate plosive insertion after initial voiceless fricatives—no more “fban” instead of “fan”
❷–A breakthrough technique when traditional cues have failed to click with your student
❸–Progress in therapy even when minimal pairs aren’t working or aren’t appropriate yet
❹–An effective trick that gets students producing voiceless sounds correctly—fast
What can you use this for?
1. Stopping: Help students who can produce their target sound in isolation but add a stop to the airflow—turning “fan” into “fban” or “soup” into “stoup” or “sdoup”
2. Voicing errors: Support students who voice voiceless plosives at the beginning of words (the /k, p, t/ pages will support this)
3. Fronting/backing: While I haven’t used this technique for fronting or backing personally, many SLPs report success using it to elicit /k/ and /t/ sounds before moving to minimal pairs therapy
⭐ See this technique in action with our free H Insertion Trick YouTube Playlist—then master it completely with our resource!
CONTENTS:
✅ — Total of seven sounds included: /tʃ, f, k, p, s, ʃ/ and /t/.
✅ — 78 flashcards featuring the target sound with cues above
✅ — 7 initial sound cue flashcards
✅ — 12 target words per sound (except /tʃ/)
✅ — Includes EBP pages, how to use the trick and and YouTube clip
✅ — The resource comes in color and black & white
What SLPs like you are saying:
“Super helpful and comprehensive! Thank you! This has helped so many of my students ‘get it’.”
“This is the best resource for kids who have sound additions! I’ve used this with multiple kids and it almost immediately does the trick with reducing sound additions/substitutions.”
“This has been a life changer! It has helped so many of my clients who get stuck using those tricky long sounds. A must have for any SLP working on speech!”
⭐ Are you looking for similar visuals to help you with /s/, /ɹ/, and /l/ clusters?
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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.
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1070 reviews for The H Insertion Trick for Speech Therapy
Stephanie S. –
LOVE LOVE LOVE
This is not only a good idea for intervention, but this resource makes it incredibly easy to provide intervention! It’s easy to follow for the student and they enjoy the activity within it. I can’t wait to see how they progress over time! I am very hopeful!
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Emily A. –
Great resource, I love using it with my clients in my sessions
Great resource, I love using it with my clients in my sessions
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Bethany C. –
So cute and comprehensive
I really like the look of this resource, and I was surprised to see that there were video examples for how to use it as well. I think this will be a useful tool for years to come for a small, but difficult percentage of my caseload.
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Lauren M. –
great resource for articulation
great resource for working on /h/ insertion for those trick articulation kiddos! love the visuals too 🙂
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Rita T. –
Great tool!
This is a great tool to try a new strategy. Has everything needed to implement the strategy. Easy to create with lots of support for implementation.
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Becky J. –
Great Resource
Loved the visuals and how effective the /h/ insertion trick has worked for a number of students on my caseload.
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Ali C. –
A game changer!
Have used this SO much and it helps almost every child I use it for. I initially wanted it just for ‘s’ but I have used it loads of times for ‘f’ since, and even successfully with ‘k’ which I never would have thought of!
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Alphabet Soup Speech –
Love these!
This is an absolutely awesome pack to use in my speech therapy sessions. I have the cards laminated and at the ready for all of my articulation sessions. It has awesome visuals and really helps a lot of my patients understand how to prevent stopping.
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Kim H. –
A very simple therapy technique
This is a great resource to be used when targeting specific speech sounds. Such a simple technique with great pictures. Thank you!
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Felicia L. –
Love This Resource
I love using this simple, yet effective resource. It’s a great visual for using the H insertion strategy and makes teaching the concept more concrete.
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Melissa S. –
A great strategy!
This was a helpful and easy-to-implement strategy. I appreciated the clear explanations and was able to use it in therapy right away.
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Hannah G. –
Great resource
One of my favorite visuals to use when targeting speech sounds!
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Kaylee J. –
Love this resource!
The cue cards are so helpful to use with my clients of all ages!
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Gayla Mortensen –
It really works!
I used this trick with a few of my students and had my SLPA try as well and our students were getting it. It worked!!!
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Brooke L. –
Great Resource
This is a very helpful and comprehensive activity with great visuals.
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Laura K. –
Great resource
Loved using this articulation resource in my speech room! It was engaging, easy to use, and gave my students lots of opportunities to practice their target sounds.
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Baylee C. –
Amazing for “stuck” kids
This resource is so helpful for those kids who can get it at isolation/syllable lvl but not at word. Use this all the time!
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Elaine N. –
Wonderful Resources to Eliminate the Stopping Pattern
Great systematic trick to use with students who are struggling to eliminate the stopping pattern in their speech.
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Allison H. –
Great resource
I’ve used this approach many times, though recently had a new client who has been in therapy for some time at a different clinic and still had no fricative production. In the first session using this technique (along with clear oral placement and multi-modal cues) and resource, his mother witnessed his first productions of /s/ and /f/ in initial position of words! Love the non-colored options as well for home practice. Thank you for creating such dynamic therapy tools for busy SLP’s!
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Sydney L. –
A Great Phono Product!
The “H” insertion trick has helped a handful of my students who insert production of their error sound after production of their target sound. For example, “f-pish” for “fish”. It is a little more difficult to implement with younger students who don’t have the best knowledge of letters and sounds, however, I have found success with this technique in all ages I work with.
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