Stimulability Approach

We love this short-term approach for kick-starting therapy for 2-4 year olds who struggle to say many sounds.Β  This approach can be a fun and engaging way to start therapy for highly unintelligible little ones and their families before moving onto other therapy approaches that will make greater system wide change.Β Β  We hope our recommendations below will have you confidently implementing this approach with your kids.

Read for an in-depth review; we highly recommend reading the Stimulability Approach chapter from the Interventions from Speech Sound Disorders in Children textΒ (Williams, McLeod & McCauley, 2021).Β 

Read this Miccio and Elbert (1996) article – Enhancing Stimulability: A Treatment Program FREE!

Download Picture Cards Caroline Bowen’s Speech Language Therapy website has a page dedicated to Stimulability Approach, including an assessment form and materials to implement the approach. Caroline does ask for a donation to keep her site running and provide free resources FREE!

FREE download of the Miccio Stimulability Probe. This editable PDF allows you to record data for the purposes of stimulability FREE!Β  Β 

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