There are different types of cueing that can support speech production for individuals with motor planning disorders. There are verbal, tactile, auditory, and visual. today I am going to share different types of cueing that can be used to help your clients/students. I...
Apraxia & Articulation Cards With a varied caseload from my school position and private clients, I am always looking for tools for my toolbox, one of those tools being fun and easy ways to teach students with apraxia and articulation of speech. A few years ago,...
What is all the fuss about Principles of Motor Learning (PML) and Childhood Apraxia of Speech? “Motor learning refers to the practice or experience leading to relatively permanent changes in the capability of movement (Schmidy & Lee 2005). As a child, I was...
Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Expanding Utterances In my first year as an SLP (during my clinical fellowship year), I worked with a student with severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech. This started me down a path of discovery and growth. A few years ago, I was able to...
I always look for unique toys and activities to make apraxia and articulation speech therapy fun and functional. I love the dollar store, Walmart, and Target for creative therapy ideas. Don’t forget about garage sales!!! Recently, Target had some fabulous felt...
I am currently working with a student with moderate to severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). As a component of building utterances, I teach the article “a” and “the” as part of a hierarchical approach to expanding utterances. This is an...
It can be scary to step out of your box. I will admit that there have been times that it has stopped me from saying or doing things that I wanted to do. One of my goals this year is to step out of my protective box. To share my knowledge accepting accolades and...
Speech Force Game working on synonyms, antonyms, multiple meaning words, and categories. So I am a StarWars fan. The first movie I remember seeing is Star Wars, I was 5 years old. I remember we were late (my Mom had a tendency to be late to stuff), so we came in...
Multisyllabic Generalization Practice Currently, I am working on multisyllabic words and length of utterance with one of my clients who has CAS (childhood apraxia of speech). It is so important to make therapy both fun and functional. I expect my students/clients to...
