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 😂

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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 🤗

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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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Tips for teaching Final Consonant Deletion

If you have a child who presents with final consonant deletion, you are likely considering your options on not only HOW you will treat this pattern but WHAT type of intervention or approach is most suitable to them.

Before I share four different ways to target final consonant deletion, you need to consider that every child is different, and some children are better suited to different intervention approaches and cues.

Tips for treating final consonant deletion:

TEACH THE RULE FIRST

Final Consonant Deletion using Metaphors

Our students are often quite young when we typically treat this pattern. So it can be hard for them to “think” about their sounds and understand that what they are saying doesn’t make sense because it most likely does to them!

I like to relate our speech errors to something that makes sense to the child.

I explain that just like some animals have tails, so do our words. They have sounds, or “tails”, at the end that we need to say. For example, a fish without a tail would look a bit funny, just like saying “fi__” without a tail sound at the end of the word would sound funny.

Some children can apply this rule to their speech quite quickly; however, other children may benefit from additional practice using a specific therapy approach (listed below). 

LOOK AT THE TAIL SOUND PACKET

USE THE MINIMAL PAIRS APPROACH

This is my go-to therapy approach because not only is it backed by strong evidence, but it really encourages the child to be an active participant in the therapy process and say their words correctly so that the adult knows what the child means.

1. Reading the child a story to help them understand the rule

2. Providing auditory discrimination tasks so that you know that they can perceive and hear the difference between words such as “bow” and “boat”.

3. Including “tail sound” cue cards and therapy activities to help the child make sense of the therapy

4. Containing minimal pair cards to use in therapy.

LOOK AT THE MINIMAL PAIRS TOOLKIT

Final Consonant Deletion Minimal Pairs

USE THE CYCLES APPROACH

Final Consonant Deletion Cycles Approach

The cycles approach is one that I consider choosing for a child who is highly unintelligible and has many error patterns. 

Because each week we only target ONE sound at the end in five words (e.g., eat, wet, pot, boat, and hat for final ‘t’), I choose this approach for children who need extensive practice, have to be stimulable for the sound, and sometimes very new to therapy or who need to experience a lot of success to participate.

Targeting one sound in a session (cycles approach) is much less challenging than contrasting up to five different sounds (multiple oppositions), or even being asked to contrast one pair at a time (minimal pairs).

You need to consider your student, their temperament and personality, and your “big picture” goals for that student when choosing an intervention for speech therapy. 

LOOK AT THE CYCLES APPROACH PACK

USE MULTIPLE OPPOSITIONS

For children who are resilient and engaged in therapy, I consider targeting multiple contrasts at once. By carefully selecting targets with different place, voice, and manner characteristics, your child may be able to generalize to OTHER sounds that have the same properties without you needing to teach them!

An example of this is the child contrasting:

moo vs. mood, moose, moon

tea vs. teeth, tease, teach, team

bee vs. beep, bead, bees, beach, bean

Look at the Final Consonant Deletion with Multiple Oppositions resource if you want to target multiple sounds simultaneously.

LOOK AT THE MULTIPLE OPPOSITIONS PACK

Final Consonant Deletion Multiple Oppositions
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  • I bought the FCD bundle today on TPT. How do I get access to the BOOM cards with this purchase?

    Mary

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    • Hi Mary,

      I’m unsure which resource in particular you are referring to – but most resources containing Boom Cards have a full page containing a clickable link that directly puts the cards in your library. Are you able to contact our support team support@adventuresinspeechpathology.com so that we can help you further?

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  • Hi! This is super helpful, thank you. Do you have any tips for children who add whole syllable at the end? For example “birduh” instead of “bird”. I’m working with several children who have nailed final fricatives and voiceless stops but we are stuck on the voiceless stops.

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    • I sometimes introduce a “stop” hand signal to indicate when to stop the voice 🙂

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