Speech-language pathologists are no strangers when it comes to the human oral and facial anatomy. We are always (consciously or subconsciously) analyzing our students’ teeth, tongue range and motion, and lips to ensure that they are able to produce adequate speech articulation. So here is my silly little question to you, have you ever looked…
I had a 1st grade student not too long ago who produced the /B/ sound for the /V/ sound. Viking was biking, violin was buy-olin, village was billage, etc. After about three sessions of initial V therapy, my student was a pro at the word and sentence level. He easily remembered the strategies I taught him of gently biting his bottom lip and blowing air out of his mouth…
If you are a speech-language pathologist, I am sure you would agree with me that you almost always say (out of pure habit), “Great snake sound!” when you are working with children to help improve their /S/ pronunciation. It only makes sense that we automatically associate the hissing sound a snake makes with the /S/…
![Impressive Pet Tricks[3]](http://pocketslp.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Impressive-Pet-Tricks3-150x150.jpg "Impressive Pet Tricks[3]")
Remember when I wrote the post called Hoola Hoop Video Speech Therapy and talked about how YouTube clips should be used in speech therapy whenever possible? Well, did you take my advice? I hope you did because incorporating audio-visual media into my therapy sessions have really been a smash hit and I am confident it can work for you,…
In my opinion, when a bright and motivated HUMAN college student decides to major in speech-language pathology, that is a moment that should be celebrated. We really need passionate HUMANS to enter this field so that they can positively impact all of the HUMAN children with various communication difficulties. HUMAN clinicians are the best clinicians…
