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Accidentally got this poster printed at A0 size (3

Accidentally got this poster printed at A0 size (33x46 inches)last month… it was taller than Caroline and close to my height.

At least I know it prints well that big 😂

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With so many phonological intervention approaches

With so many phonological intervention approaches out there… how do you know if your child is suitable for an approach?

@grahamspeechtherapy and I are writing the cycles version of this page (from the Minimal Pairs Handbook) so that you can feel a little more confident from the START knowing if an intervention is suitable 👏

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I “collect” different cues because one doesn’t work for every child.

This is why I always find it hard to answer “how do you teach the ‘s’ sound”.

I usually have my three fave cues that I always use, and then depending on how the child responds… I go into my bag of tricks and try different cues.

(BTW I’m using a train metaphor to teach cluster reduction in this picture).

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Seriously can’t get enough of these animal faces

Seriously can’t get enough of these animal faces 🐰🐮🦁🐯🐱🐤

These speech sound cues are the metaphor versions (I’ve also included a phonetic cues version), and where possible, I’ve tried to be as alliterative as possible:

🐶 ‘d’ is the digging dog sound
🐯 ‘t’ is the tiptoeing tiger sound
🐧 ‘p’ is the popping penguin sound
🐱 ‘k’ is the coughing cat sound

Which is your favourite?
I’m still a sucker for the bunny teeth sound for ‘f’ 🐰

#articulation #articulationtherapy #earlyinterventionspeech #preschoolslp #preschoolfun #speech #speechsounds #speechsounddisorders #Adventuresinspeechpathology

Yesterday, my three-year-old came into my office a

Yesterday, my three-year-old came into my office and started looking through my speech materials.

She loved picking up every animal speech sound cue and I was able to do a quick probe of every consonant. It was nice to to get an understanding of her speech sound inventory 😊

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My beautiful city ❤️ Did you know that I’m

My beautiful city ❤️

Did you know that I’m from Sydney but…

1. I now live in Newcastle
2. I studied a year of my degree in Manchester, UK
3. My first job was in a rural-remote location (Emerald, QLD)
4. I worked as an SLP in Samoa
5. I also lived in Washington State for two years as a school-based SLP

Since having kiddies I DO miss my adventures… might have to drag them along with me 😉

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I joke in my stories that my default game with art

I joke in my stories that my default game with articulation cards is to play memory…
So that’s why I put this packet together!

- lots of activity ideas and games to play with articulation cards
- home practice planning sheets and feedback forms from families
- tips for completing home practice

It’s half price TODAY, so go to my store and look for SPEECH ACTIVITIES FOR HOME PRACTICE 👏

#articulationtherapy #articulation #speechdelay #speechdelaykids #slp #speechpathology #speechsounddisorders #Adventuresinspeechpathology

If your child has difficulty getting their tongue

If your child has difficulty getting their tongue “back” for /k/ and /g/, sometimes I’ll start with saying “aah”.

It’s a back vowel, so I like getting the tongue in a back position, then I might see if we can keep our mouth open and move the back of the tongue “aaaahhh…k”.

It’s not the only tip for those velar sounds, but something I always try 👏

Has this worked for you??

#articulation #articulationtherapy #speech #speechpathology #speechpath #slp2be #speechsounds #speechsounddisorders #Adventuresinspeechpathology

Do you ever “play around” with vowel sounds to

Do you ever “play around” with vowel sounds to see whether a particular vowel or syllable structure will facilitate a target sound?

When I am JUST STARTING with a sound, I like to figure out sounds that HELP and sounds that HINDER the production.

For example, “lee” and “la” can be a good place to start for /l/, but “low” and “loo” maybe not if the child is gliding (this would encourage lip rounding).

We might only practice syllables for a week or two (and sometimes we skip this!) but it can help to “write a new plan” for saying the sound.

Material: Articulation in Isolation by @adventuresinspeechpathology

#articulationtherapy #articulation #speechtherapy #speechtherapist #speechpath #speechsounds #slp2be #Adventuresinspeechpathology

I’ve been using the complexity approach and chos

I’ve been using the complexity approach and chosen /sl/ for a little one who was NOT stimulable for their /l/ sound.

We tried plain old /sl/ targets, but their /l/ was just letting them down.

So for x2 sessions we BROKE THAT CLUSTER DOWN. We practiced that /l/ word on its own, tapping on the pictures as went went.

Once we mastered that /l/ word, using /sl/ clusters was so much easier using forward and backward chaining 👏👏👏 the child could SEE the parts of the word and put them together much easier!

MATERIAL: S Cluster Help Sheets

#speechsounddisorders #schoolslp #preschoolslp #articulation #phonology #articulationtherapy #speechpath #slp2b #Adventuresinspeechpathology

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