Minimal Pairs for K and G
Hey there! My name is Chloe B, and I’m a school SLP (speech language pathologist). If you’re new here, I write bi-weekly posts to help speech therapists in the schools + families with kids in speech therapy. And as a practicing SLP, one of my favorite ways to treat articulation deficits is using the minimal […]
Can Speech Therapy Help with a Lisp?
Does your child sound ’slushy’ when he or she talks? Or do they stick out their tongue on S and Z sounds? These kinds of errors can impact a child’s speech intelligibility, or their ability to be understood. So you may be wondering, can speech therapy help with a lisp? Short Answer: Yes Speech Therapy […]
Minimal Pairs W and R
Are you having difficulty treating the R sound with a traditional articulation approach? If the child continuously makes the /W/ sound instead of the /R/, then I have an approach for you! Try the minimal pairs W and R approach! What are Minimal Pairs? If you aren’t familiar with the minimal pairs approach, don’t worry! […]
What Does Articulation Mean?
So you’ve heard a speech therapist toss around the word “articulation” and it’s got you scratching your head. What does articulation mean? You may feel like you have a general idea of it from the dictionary’s definition – “formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech” (Oxford Dictionary). But what about articulation disorders? What about […]