Nonsense Words are a great tool in your kit to help break through poor phonological habits. Nonsense words are meaningless words (e.g. Gar, Har, Nar) that maintain useful phonologic patterns. Since, the nonsense words are novel to a student and are not frozen in a child’s lexical system; it forces the student to focus on the component sounds, perhaps resulting in a successful production which can be used as a facilitator for other...

We just had a couple of questions on palatal height (high arch and torus palatinus) affecting /r/ production. In my experience, there is not specific manner or place of articulation for /r/, so my emphasis has been on attaining a successful production of /r/ in some context. This is what The Entire World of R Advanced Screening and Screening Kit attempt to assist with. Obviously abnormalities in the oral cavity may distort sound production. Has...

Congratulations to our contest winner: Pat Hooper. The contest is now over, but we appreciate everyone’s participation. So many people have shared such great stories about how The Entire World of R has helped them professionally and the impact it’s had on their students or own children. We thought we’d do something fun and exiting–a Contest! Answer the question, Why “I Love The Entire World of R”? Just...

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Got questions about vocalic /r/ articulation disorders? We’re starting a new page for questions for the new school year 2008-2009. What questions might you have regarding vocalic /r/ or The Entire World of R?