Children with a repaired cleft palate may need help building enough intraoral pressure to produce high pressure sounds. Pressure consonants include p, b, t, d, k, g, f, v, s, z, sh, ch, th, and dg (“judge”). Prior to palate repair, children can produce nasals, liquid, glides, and vowels. These sounds include m, n, ng, l,…
Using a Food Theme in Speech Therapy: Targeting Multiple Goals Across Your Entire Caseload
Welcome and thanks to my guest blogger, Stacey Richey! Today she is sharing how to use functional themed therapy to target many goals in speech therapy. My name is Stacey Richey and I have been an SLP for 10 years. I have worked in public schools (PK-6th grades) with a caseload size ranging from 60-100…
Figurative Language: Idioms in Speech Therapy
Idioms are a type of figurative language that speech-language pathologists work on because they are an essential skill to learn in order to communicate effectively, particularly socially. They are also important for academic success, especially in the secondary grades. Most students struggle with idioms because of a language disorder; they may also have a difficult…
Tips for Taking Language Samples
Language samples are an essential assessment tool when it comes to speech therapy. What are language samples and why are they important? A language sample consists of eliciting and gathering a spontaneous sample of one’s speech. It often consists of at least 50-100 utterances spoken by the child. Language samples are critical for assessing one’s…
The 5 Components and Development of Language
Treating language is a huge domain of what is treated in speech therapy. But what does “language” in “speech-language pathology” mean? Language is the system of words and symbols, whether they are spoken, written, or signed that are used to communicate meaning. This encompasses both expressive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening, following directions, reading) language.…
Free Fall Speech Therapy Activities
Free fall and back to school speech therapy activities, reinforcers, and clipart! Download and use now! Happy fall and back to school! I have some fall-themed free resources and clipart I wanted to put in one easy place for you to grab and use in your therapy sessions and classrooms. First off, my most popular…
Free Summer Speech Therapy Activities
Free summer speech therapy activities, reinforcers, and clipart! Download and use now! Happy summer! I have some summer-themed free resources and clipart I wanted to put in one easy place for you to grab and use in your therapy sessions and classrooms. Talk Like a Pirate Day Reinforcers: Use these 2 pirate themed open-ended reinforcers…
The Difference Between Social Skills and Pragmatics
You have no doubt heard and used the terms “social skills” and “pragmatics”, but what is the difference between the two? Most people use these terms interchangeably, but they don’t have the exact same definition! Pragmatics is one component of social communication skills, alongside social interaction, social cognition, and language processing as shown in my…
Top Amazon Purchases for Your Speech Room
The best Amazon purchases for speech therapy. Grab these versatile speech room essentials today! When I first started working I had zero resources and no budget (sound familiar!?) I made some Amazon purchases that I still use years and years later! There are many specific speech therapy and educational resources you can find on Amazon,…
Common Cleft Palate Speech Compensatory Errors
Have a new kid on your caseload with a history of cleft palate and want to learn more about “cleft palate speech” errors? You’re in the right place! 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…
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