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Did you miss my stories yesterday? I shared that t

Did you miss my stories yesterday? I shared that this Free Ultimate Summer Packet is available until Friday!

I’ve teamed up with an amazing group of SLPs who want to help YOU with your home packets. And let me tell you, we’ve covered alllll the areas! 🤩

Simply go to bit.ly/slpsummerpacket to grab this HUGE packet, completely free!
Enjoy and thanks for being here! You’ve almost made it to summer! 🥳

Remember, this is only available Friday. Tag a friend and let me know if you snag it! 🤍

I’m teaming up with @mrsspeechiep today to talk

I’m teaming up with @mrsspeechiep today to talk about cleft palate for Better Hearing and Speech Month. Plus, it’s Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week!

Head over to @mrsspeechiep to learn more about the common compensatory articulation errors that occur in those with cleft palates.

Children with a cleft palate may learn to use abnormal speech sounds due to abnormal anatomical structures. These speech sounds are called compensatory errors and oftentimes persist after surgery. Approximately 25% of children with cleft palates use compensatory articulation errors and glottal stops are the predominant error!

1. Glottal stops - A grunt sound that is produced by bringing the vocal cords together and then releasing them suddenly instead of the tongue or lips. This sounds like the first sound in “uh oh” and is typically used for p, b, t, d, k, and/or g sounds.
2. Nasal fricatives – Air is directed into the nasal cavity while producing a fricative sound such as f, s, v, z, th, and sh.
3. Pharyngeal fricatives - Using the wall of the throat to produce a fricative sound instead of with the tongue. This is typically used to substitute the s, z, and sh sounds.
4. Pharyngeal stops – Using the wall of the throat to stop the airflow. This is typically used to substitute the k and g sounds.
5. Mid-dorsum palatal stops – Airflow is stopped by the tongue contacting the middle of the roof of the mouth and used as a substitute for t, d, k, g. This error sounds like a production between a k and g sound.

My baby girl is ONE 🎈I honestly feel like many

My baby girl is ONE 🎈I honestly feel like many of you have been on her journey with me this past year. Thank you thank you for all the support and answering my random questions! Next stop: Cleft repair this week.

Ironically, May 8-16 is Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week. I’ll share as much about her surgery as possible, even if it’s after the fact. And keep an eye out - on the 10th I’ll be sharing some cleft info over on @mrsspeechiep’s page!

Kinetic sand birthday cupcakes🧁Nothing like my

Kinetic sand birthday cupcakes🧁Nothing like my birthday month (and my daughters) to remind me about this therapy idea!
Silicone cupcake holders are fun to have on hand. Not only for sand cupcakes or actual cupcakes...but you can use them with any small manipulatives to color sort/categorize or while working on spatial concepts! How else would you use them? #sensoryplay #pretendplay

What’s the first thing to go when you’re short

What’s the first thing to go when you’re short on time? It’s therapy planning for me. And winging therapy can be hit or miss. 😂

Set yourself up with resources that don’t require you to plan sessions and that you can use for tons of skills! Your therapy materials should serve multiple functions…right?!

Barrier games are one of my secret weapons for this.
▫️Prep the printable games once and you are done
▫️Digital barrier games allow you to just wipe off the iPad in between sessions and use in teletherapy
▫️Great for traveling between sites and changing caseloads
▫️Use one resource for your mixed groups

Do you use barrier games too?

Grab the growing bundle an extra 25% off the discounted price! It has all printable, digital, and articulation barrier games. The sale ends today! code: THANKYOU21

bit.ly/barriergames

There’s a TpT sale today and tomorrow for Teache

There’s a TpT sale today and tomorrow for Teacher (+ SLP/SLPA 😉) Appreciation Week! Grab any of my resources, including bundles, 25% off with code: THANKYOU21

The Speech-Language Development Handouts make for a perfect Hearing and Speech Month bulletin boards, handouts or visuals for presentations, room décor, and parent handouts. (These were the top seller during the last sale!)

This is also a great time to grab digital resources to reduce the amount of items you need to sanitize between sessions!

Looking for or need anything in particular?

Store: bit.ly/AllisonFors
Handouts: bit.ly/SLPHandouts

*most* of the areas of speech-language pathology 😉 What is your favorite area to treat?

Happy Better Hearing and Speech Month! Download this infographic for FREE ➡️ allisonfors.com/speech-therapy-handouts/

36 exposures! Did you realize the number was that

36 exposures! Did you realize the number was that high? I came across this when looking into evidence for reading the same book over and over (and over) again. 📚
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Source: Storkel, H.L., Voelmle, K., Fierro, V., Flake, K., Fleming, K.K., Romine, R.S. (2016) Interactive Book Reading to Accelerate Word Learning by Kindergarten Children With Specific Language Impairment: Identifying an Adequate Intensity and Variation in Treatment Response. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.

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