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Initial TH Practice Grid

BeckyWanca — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:52:50 +0000

This picture-based practice grid can be used to elicit productions of “th” in the initial position of words. You can use it in your sessions or send it home as part of a home program. This page can also be found as part of the TH Sounds Basic Set.

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Final TH Practice Grid

BeckyWanca — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:50:45 +0000

This picture-based practice grid can be used to elicit productions of “th” in the final position of words. You can use it in your sessions or send it home as part of a home program. This page can also be found as part of the TH Sounds Basic Set.

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Home Program – Basic Set

BeckyWanca — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:00:16 +0000

Home Program – Basic Set

This basic set includes:

Instructions for the SLP for the materials enclosed
Parent instructions for the language practice calendar
Language practice calendar
Parent instructions for the speech charts
Word of the week chart
Parent instructions for the speech practice calendars
Blank speech practice calendar
Home program for /s/ including:
- /s/ practice calendar
- Initial /s/ picture cards (20)
- Initial /s/ picture chart
- Final /s/ picture cards (20)
- Final /s/ picture chart
- /s/ game board
Home program for /l/ including:
- /l/ practice calendar
- Initial /l/ picture cards (10)
- Initial /l/ picture chart
- /l/ game board
File in pdf file format (22 pages)

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Home Program – Expansion Set

BeckyWanca — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:00:02 +0000

Home Program – Expansion Set

This expansion set includes:

Instructions for the SLP for the materials enclosed
Parent instructions for the language practice calendar
Language practice calendar
Parent instructions for the speech charts
Word of the week chart
Parent instructions for the speech practice calendars
Home program for /r/ and “er” including:
- “R” practice calendar
- Initial /r/ picture cards (20)
- Initial /r/ picture chart
- Final “er” picture cards (20)
- Final “er” picture chart
- “R” game board
Home program for /k/ including:
- /k/ practice calendar
- Initial /k/ picture cards (20)
- Initial /k/ picture chart
- Final /k/ picture cards (20)
- Final /k/ picture chart
- /k/ game board (initial and final)
Home program for “th” including:
- “Th” practice calendar
- Initial “th” picture cards (10)
- Initial “th” picture chart
- Final “th” picture cards (10)
- Final “th” picture chart
File in pdf file format (30 pages)

This expansion set includes 29 printable pages of materials. This set is a supplement to the Home Program – Basic Set.

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Initial /k/ Practice Grid

BeckyWanca — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:07:19 +0000

This picture-based practice grid can be used to elicit productions of /k/ in the initial position of words. You can use it in your sessions or send it home as part of a home program. This page can also be found as part of the K Sound Expansion Set.

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Final /k/ Practice Grid

BeckyWanca — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:00:38 +0000

This picture-based practice grid can be used to elicit productions of /k/ in the final position of words. You can use it in your sessions or send it home as part of a home program. This page can also be found as part of the K Sound Basic Set.

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Initial /s/ Practice Grid

BeckyWanca — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:33:46 +0000

This picture-based practice grid can be used to elicit productions of /s/ in the initial position of words. You can use it in your sessions or send it home as part of a home program. This page can also be found as part of the Interdental Lisping Basic Set.

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Final /t/ Practice Grid

BeckyWanca — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:34:34 +0000

This picture-based practice grid can be used to elicit productions of /t/ in the final position of words. You can use it in your sessions or send it home as part of a home program. This page can also be found as part of the Final Consonant Deletion Basic Set.

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Home Programs That Actually Get Done- 8 Keys that Make ALL the Difference

BeckyWanca — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:59:26 +0000

Home programs…groan. You have to make one. The parent has to fit it into an already busy schedule (and face the guilt that comes with not doing it). Trust me, I know. I’ve now been on both sides of this one. As a parent with a child in two different therapies, I found that we are very consistent with one home program and, well, the other one is miserably lacking in our house. Why the extreme difference? Well, I started thinking about it, and this is what it came down to… one is very specific and has been established into our daily routine, while the other is general “suggestions” that rarely cross my mind once we are out of the therapy room.

Here are the 8 things that parents would ask for if they knew to…

1. Start simple. Begin with one task. Once that is established in my family’s routine, then add another.

2. Tell me exactly what to do. Be specific. Please don’t just give me suggestions of things that would help. Demonstrate the activity with my child, so I better understand what is expected and how to correct mistakes.

3. Tell me when to do it. Should we practice once a day or twice a day? Offer ideas of when to build it into my family’s routine (e.g., in the car after school, after dinner, before bed). Once it is part of our routine, it will get done much more consistently.

4. Tell me why. Explain to me why we are working on this goal. Let me know why this practice is important and what difference it will make.

5. Tell me how long to do it or how many repetitions we should do. If it is a timed activity, build it up gradually. If you tell me I have to find an extra twenty minutes a day for this, it probably won’t happen. But tell me to start with one minute today and add a minute each day until we reach ten minutes, and I’ll probably find the time (and it will begin to be part of our routine). Later we can move to fifteen and then twenty minutes, if necessary.

6. Write it down. Write down all of the above information. When I leave your office, I may forget parts of the program or start to question myself about the details. (Plus, having the written paper will remind me to do it!)

7. Make it visual. Give me a chart for my child to put stickers on each time we practice and then have us bring it back to the next session. It is amazing what this kind of accountability does for my child and for me!

8. Encourage me. Let me know that what I’m doing is making a difference. It will let me know that I really am helping my child, and will nudge me to continue the program even when it’s not convenient.

I hope this peek into a parent’s mind will prompt you to evaluate your home programs and possibly make some changes to make them more effective.