Tag an SLP who screams this loud EVERY TIME they play a pop up or jump game.

Fun fact: my colleagues literally hear me through the walls 😂

#speechpathology #speechpathologists #speechpath #schoolslp #preschoolslp #slp2be
Who said you have to work on “r” in initial position FIRST? 

By choosing where the child can say a clearer, more accurate “r”, we were able to start therapy successfully and accurately (and those other “r” positions are correcting on their own!!).

Have you ever had more success in “r” clusters?

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We usually tell parents of LATE TALKERS to pause, but I encourage parents of children with speech sound delays to pause too!!!

Yes, this child still needed a zebra cue, but often we have to build these steps to foster self-awareness so our kids can fix their speech.

🦓 Zebra cue from the Animal Speech Sound Cues - Adventures in Speech Pathology

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Shoutout to this mum who was better than me at demonstrating many of these 😂 I can’t tell you how LESS SCARY an oral motor exam is when everyone gets involved.

I’m using our @bjoremspeech Oral Motor Assessment cards.

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Want some MOTIVATION? Get a dinosaur who ONLY eats “back /k/“ sounds!!! Your preschoolers will be more engaged to fix and clarify whether they meant “tape” or “cape” if they can see the dinosaur eat the card 🦖 

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It’s REALLY time to decide if you’re joining 167 of your SLP colleagues to learn about which phonological intervention you should choose! 

I’m pumped to change the course of your career, all while instilling passion and confidence treating phonological impairments 🤗

On Thursday, June 12th, we’ll be in Adelaide, SA. For those who missed out on Melbourne, this will be your chance 👏🏼

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Is there anyone who follows my account who I’ll be seeing next month?? June will be busy (hoping I won’t lose my voice!!)

Let me know which event you’re coming to, and please tag an SLP who might want to meet and or learn from me 🤗

#adventuresinspeechpathology #speechpath #ebpslp #speechsounddisorders
I always have Speech Sound Mouth Cues on my therapy table 👏🏼 The really helped a child who has difficulty saying “ch”, more clearly. 

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Which is your fave?
Have you seen all the cues we have in our Minimal Pairs Toolkit? We use these child-friendly visuals to help explain phonological patterns like:
👉🏼 tail sounds 
👉🏼 front and back sounds 
👉🏼 long and short sounds
👉🏼 snake in the cage sounds

With over 1000 ratings, you’ll love feeling prepared for any pattern that walks in your door!

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We sell 3 posters in our AISP shop, and they look beautiful and are helpful to have on the wall in your speech therapy room!

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As much as possible, I try NOT TO MODEL THE WORD during an assessment so that the child isn’t directly imitating me (which can influence my results).

Are there are other tips you recommend?

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Hey, hi, g’day!! I’m Rebecca and I’ve been a speech pathologist for 17 years.

I was thinking recently about “career statements” and what makes me passionate about this job. And put really simply:

I love to work with preschool-aged children to help them be 100% clear and intelligible by the time they start formal schooling.

Do you have a “why” 👇🏼

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I’d love to know if there are other differing or similar opinions?

Start the conversation 👇🏼

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Prove me wrong!!! Because (unless you read it in our Ch & J Handbook), I bet you have never tried this before to elicit the “ch” sound!!!

Also - tag an SLP who needs to know this 👏🏼

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The three things I’m always considering are:

1. Has the child made EVEN MORE progress with their speech, even though they’ve had a break?
2. Has the child lost some of their accuracy from when I last saw them (this is okay - it just means we might have to do more home practice during breaks)
3. With my new information and fresh ears and eyes, should I continue with the same goals and therapy approaches, or do we need to change things up?

Honestly, I think every SLP should consider re-assessing their students after a school term/block of therapy to evaluate goals and intervention 👏🏼 what are your thoughts?

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It’s about time that non-rhotic “r” speaking countries had some “r” materials that work with OUR accents 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

We’re looking to expand our best-selling Facilitative Contexts packets with a non-rhotic “r” version! Comment “list” so I can send a DM on how to apply.

Connecting and collaborating with SLPs around the world is so important to us (especially as I have studied and worked in 4 countries myself!!!).

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Putting the play back into AAC

When you are a therapist with little access to any type of visuals, it can usually be the starting off point that is the hardest. What pictures do you use? When do you use them? How do you use them? Will the child be interested? There are lots of questions and you might not start to think about using visuals until the student lands on your caseload and you panic because ahhhh…what are you going to do in therapy?!

The part where you might struggle the most, is how to combine engaging and motivating tasks with AAC, that also have the opportunity to expand vocabulary and comprehension.  So I sat back and looked at what toys and tasks we typically sprinkle around the room and decided to go from there and make resources surrounding what we already do and what has proven successful. You probably know what I’m going to rattle off: play doh, blocks, bubbles, balls, kitchen, crafts, baby, cars, kitchen set, music, dollhouse and trains.

Us SLP’s often work with a large scope of kids, ranging from late talkers, global developmental delays, CAS and ASD where visuals could support these various language and cognitive skills. Using play-based communication boards can simply be that springing off point, where you model a whole lot of vocabulary and the child has auditory, visual and hands-on supports. It’s not the be all and end all, but it can be a start that gets you comfortable and the child familiar with using visuals. You might be really surprised at the range of different play opportunities just having visuals allows (yes, you can use just blocks for a whole 45 minutes).

 

These 5 sets are similar to my play-dough and blocks version, but I’ve spunked them up a bit as therapy is constantly evolving (if you have this version go back to my store and re-download the updated copy). Apart from having three different communication boards for each activity (with 22, 32 and 36 icons to the page) to cater for different levels of complexity, you’ll use nine additional choice strips so that you can start as simple as ‘my go – your go’ or ‘I want…’ with Velcro images. This is PERFECT for groups of mixed abilities. Just plonk the activity and adapt the board to best suit each child’s level.

I’ve also been thinking a lot about core vocabulary and how to combine parts of speech (nouns, verbs, prepositions etc.) together so that I can then extend and move from 1 word to 2… 3.. or more. Included in these sets are examples of different word combinations that you can use to push for an expanded mean length of utterance (e.g. Noun+Preposition: ball up, Verb+Noun: go car etc.).

These sets are all grouped in twos, so whether you’re interested in one, some or all… they are 50% off for the next 48 hours. Trains & Dollhouse, Crafts & Shopping, Baby & Cars+Trucks, Kitchen & Music, Bubbles & Balls, Play dough & Blocks.

WIN A SET – head to my Instagram @adventuresinslp and make sure you follow me. All you have to do is comment on which set you want and I’ll choose one lucky winner.

 

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  • Hi! These look great! I clicked on the links and it takes me to your TPT store, but I can’t find the products. Looked through your whole store! Help! Thank you.

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    • Hi Elizabeth, these are not currently available as I do not work with children who need AAC anymore. I hope that you can find an SLP who has a special interest in this area and who makes similar resources 🙂

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