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3 Epiphanies That Will Make Teaching the S Sound Easier

3 Epiphanies That Will Make Teaching the S Sound Easier

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Open-ended games are one of my favorite SLP-hacks,

Open-ended games are one of my favorite SLP-hacks, and I have quite literally used these open-ended mystery phrase games for over a decade. (True story: I created them originally in grad school for my observation).⁠
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These are so simple - you give the child a stimulus (an artic word, language prompt, whatever - that's the open-ended part!) and they get to (without looking) pick a tile from the bucket. Then, they match up the pictures, one by one, to figure out the secret phrase. If these pull a tile they already have - they put it back and the turn is over.⁠
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I've got these for a ton of seasons and holidays, but May is the perfect month for this #betterhearingandspeechmonth themed one!⁠
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Grab it by clicking on the link in the caption. (A digital version is included in the download if that's more your style.)⁠
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#slpeeps #slpsontpt #slpsofinstagram #schoolslp #slplife #speechtherapy #slp #slp2b #ashaigers #schoolbasedslp

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, and the PE

Just a little reminder on tax day. First and fore

Just a little reminder on tax day.

First and foremost, focus on doing what you do best - being an SLP.

The data will come, but you can't provide great therapy and collect great data at the same time.

Get those reps in and don’t over-complicate the record-keeping (leave that to the accountants).

Trust me, your students benefit more from you being an SLP than a data-keeper.

Took a little girls weekend trip to NYC in March ❤️. It was everything the girls dreamed it would be.

I've been using minimal pairs with kids for years,

I've been using minimal pairs with kids for years, even though they're "artic" and not "phono" 😱. You heard me.⁠
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Yes, minimal pairs can work even for "just" artic. ⁠
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For years, I've been contrasting F-TH, S-TH, S-SH, and more, using minimal pairs. But there's so much talk about using minimal pairs ONLY for phonological processes, that I sometimes doubted myself.⁠
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But I was so glad to attend a talk at ASHA this year that talked about the contrast between sounds often being collapsed in our artic kids, and that minimal pairs were one way we could target this and help them "spread" them out. (The link to that is in my bio from my post about the S to TH continuum).⁠
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So yes, minimal pairs can ALSO be used in artic therapy. And honestly, I use them in a lot of the same was as I would for phonological processes. ⁠
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We talk about the difference in meaning when we get it wrong...sometimes I feign confusion when it's not clear. ⁠
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So what about you? Have you ever used minimal pairs for older kids in artic therapy?

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