It is important especially during therapy with /r/, that we as SLP’s are aware of the type of /r/ we are making when we produce the /r/ sound. We are skilled speakers and our tongue moves in the correct manner unconsciously. Our students, with /r/ mis-productions, however, need to be shown how to move the tongue in a skillful manner. We can start first with knowing what our tongue does when we produce the /r/ sound. Say the word star with...
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I want to focus on a theme today. Let’s focus on, “What is your default when things in life, especially the job of a SLP, get difficult or overwhelming?” Do you flee, distract or indulge yourself, become angry, have fear? How do we know what our default is? We do this by first: becoming aware of what we perceive to be a difficult situation and secondly: being mindful and learning to become an observer of how we react to various...
It’s another great year and our first stop for trade shows is coming up this weekend. We will be in Denver Colorado for the Metro Speech-Language Symposium this weekend February 4th on Saturday. Come by and see us at booth #113! Don’t miss Christine Ristuccia MS, CCC-SLP speak at the Metro Speech and Hearing Symposium. 7:45AM – 9:15AM on “Implementing a Phonetically Consistent Treatment Program for /r/ Articulation...
When treating articulation disorders I used to focus on explaining to the student how to produce the sound in an intellectual manner. However, in my own personal experience, I feel that all students who are learning a physical task such as articulation, dance or yoga poses need to be out of the intellectual mode (out of their head) and into their body. Yoga breathing such as inhale/exhale pose from the ABC Yoga Cards for Kids helps...
Did you see The Entire World of R in the June 27, 2011 cover story of Advance Magazine for Speech-Language Pathologists? The authors Lila Carson, Susan Miller and Karen Noll from Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia present some very useful information on how to use vowel drills to facilitate /r/ production. We were very pleased that they used The Entire World of R Advanced Screening as their pre- and post-test assessment. The...
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