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2012 PAL Awards
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- “Sherry, thanks for giving us back our son. We are so grateful for everything you did for Ben and our family. Not seeing you every week makes me feel that something is missing… but we look forward to a summertime walk! We miss you,”
Nicole, mother of 2 year-old boy who was dismissed from therapy
Westport, CT
Category Archives: Articulation
Articulation Carryover Activities for “S and “SH”
I find books to be a great language enriching carryover activity for articulation. Recently I was working on /s/ and /sh/ with several students and used the book, Bright Stanley by Matt Buckingham to provide practice and carryover for the … Continue reading
Free Valentine’s Day Download Cards for Speech Therapy
Okay it is almost Valentine’s Day and I am still finding great free downloads for valentines to use with kids to make speech therapy more fun. They’re great for parents to use too for the “homemade” look for those dozens … Continue reading
Free Downloads for Valentines Day Speech Activities
We are always looking for fun free downloads to use for speech therapy activities. www.alphamom.com has been a great source for free valentines and this year they posted several options for free vintage and retro valentines for kids. Use them … Continue reading
Articulation Carryover Ideas
I work with several children with articulation goals–aged 3-7. Lately, several of them are at the same stage of trying to carry over the correct production of their sounds. They are able to produce the sounds correctly in sentences but … Continue reading
Valentines Day Books for Speech Therapy
It’s time to talk about love, hugs and kisses and use some fun stories to work on children’s speech and language goals. More books are included in last year’s blogs. Here are some fun books for preschoolers and early elementary … Continue reading
Games to Reinforce Speech Therapy, Horton Hears a Who!
When you keep kids engaged and entertained, they don’t even know that they are practicing their speech! I had two new kids this week who were playing a game with me and after about 30 minutes they looked up and … Continue reading
Parents Observing Speech Therapy
It has always been my objective to have parents involved in their child’s therapy process. Sometimes I feel like I get almost twice the progress when parents watch, learn and implement my strategies for their child’s speech and language goals. … Continue reading
Articulation Cues for Consonants in Speech Therapy
I just got a note from Marshalla Speech and Language, pointing me to Pam Marshalla’s new free videos on YouTube, demonstrating her cues for consonants. She has developed a helpful system of hand cues to focus a child on placement … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Turkey in Play-doh
It’s time to put away the Halloween costumes and talk turkey, preparing for Thanksgiving. Preschools are busy painting feet and hands to provide the body for a feathered turkey, and using play doh for turkey feasts. Today I was working … Continue reading
Flexible Lesson Plans for Articulation Therapy
As a speech therapist, we have to be flexible and follow the child’s lead and interests even on the best planned day. Yesterday, I carried two stuffed bags of toys into the home of 3 year-old Duncan. I had printed … Continue reading
