Here are some “sweet” Valentine’s Day therapy materials…
What better way is there to get your message across this Valentine’s Day than to put it on a “candy heart”? There is a cool website that allows you to enter your own word or message, pick the heart’s color, and save the result. To make your own, go to http://www.cryptogram.com/hearts/ I’ve made some [...]
Start out Right
For many of us, this is the start of a new school year. For others of us, it’s just another week of therapy. Either way, this post can apply to starting a new school year or beginning therapy with a new client. One of the best pieces of advice I was given after having my [...]
Interdental Lisping
What is it? Interdental lisping is when the tongue protrudes between the front teeth when producing /s/ or /z/, resulting in a “th” sound. The /s/ becomes a voiceless “th”, as in “think”, and the /z/ becomes a voiced “th”, as in “those”. Interdental lisping, also be known as “frontal lisping”, is a normal developmental [...]
Tongue Tip Trouble- Fronting /t/ for /k/
How can you quickly solve the fronting of /k/? Tackle the tongue tip! Getting /k/ in isolation is easily achieved by keeping the child’s tongue tip from making contact with the alveolar ridge or teeth. Some ideas for doing this include: • Use a tongue depressor to gently hold the tongue tip down while the child [...]
All this and data too?
With a long list of goals, short attention spans, and a wide range of behaviors to deal with, do you ever feel like you just don’t have time for keeping track of data in your sessions? If so, try some of these ideas. They aren’t rocket science. They are actually quite simple- and that’s what [...]