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Anatomy of the Speech Mechanism – Cut and Paste Activities

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
In clinical practice, we often notice children with speech or fluency disorders need support in awareness of the oral structures, especially to help with placement of sounds. This increased awareness may lead to better outcomes and progress.
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Alliteration/Tongue Twister Dysarthria Activity

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Research suggests individuals with dysarthria have significantly increased speech errors and a slower rate when verbalizing challenging tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are often filled with alliterations or sounds repeated in close succession. This material provides evidence to support practicing verbalizing alliterations and tongue twisters to target articulatory precision and prosodic strategies and provides examples for practice.
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/sh/ and /ch/ Sound Production Visual

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This visual addresses articulation of /sh/ and /ch/ sounds. Includes practical verbal cues to help children produce these two sounds.
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/s/ Phoneme Words

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This visual addresses the /s/ phoneme. The handout features 15 /s/ words with initial, medial, and final /s/ phoneme placement with visuals.
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/L/ Sound Production

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides a visual of the /l/ sound as well as strategies to help parents improve carry-over at home.
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