The best way to get a child to say the /r/ sound is whatever way works. Having said this, there are strategies that promote quicker acquisition of /r/. How to Teach a Child to Say the "R" Sound in 15 Easy Lessons, focuses on lifting the tongue tip up and back. A second popular approach [...]
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Apps for speech therapy
I'm far from a tech geek or someone who has to have the latest electronic device, but when the iPad first came out I wanted one. Maybe I thought it would be a fun personal toy. Who knows? What I didn't expect was that it would have the potential to be a game changer for speech pathologists. A year later, I am convinced that this device will change the way we deliver services.
Friday, December 8, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Social Detective Intermediate was developed SLPs Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke. It is a follow up to Social Detective Beginner, an app I have not reviewed. The purpose of Social Detective Intermediate is to help students decode the thoughts and emotions of others and then predict what people may say or do in specific […]
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
New Articulation App Review
I hope you are all doing well. It has been a long time since I have reviewed apps. To make up for my absence, I will be reviewing one app today and posting another next week. 🙂 I’ll start with an articulation app called Boo Articulation Helper. Boo Articulation Helper was developed by Thomas Ljungblad, […]
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
Stuttering Tips for Parents
This week I wrote I wrote a post for Teresa Sadowki’s blog The School Speech Therapist. In it, I give SLPs tips that they can pass on to parents of preschoolers who stutter. You can find the post at: http://ift.tt/2kPmdjs
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
New Web and Blog Site
I am thrilled to let you know that I have a new website where you will find my blog. Everything at this site has transferred to my new website. I invite you to visit it at www.helpmetalkright.com.
Do Autistic Children Benefit from Tech Tools?
Hello again!
It has been a very long time. I drifted away from the blog when I became busy with other projects. One project I completed was a course that is now available through Northern Speech Services (NSS). The course is Stopping the Stuttering Trajectory in the Preschool Years. It is a solid beginner-intermediate course for SLPs who wish to help children during these critical years.
I’m back to share an interesting article I read in the June 27, 2016 issue of the Wall Street Journal. The article is Tech and the Autistic Child: What We’ve Learned. It is written by Alexandra Samuel, who’s 10 year old son has autism. He is high-functioning. She sheds light on technology for autistic children by discussing what has worked for her son. What she has observed is informative and can help us guide parents in our recommendations to them. I have selected the highlights of the points she makes.
- Set Goals First Then Search. Parents need to set their goals. Once the goals have been set, parents should then search for the technologies that will help meet those goals.
- Monitor the Child’s Emotions. Be a careful observer and modifier of the child’s tech time. Some technology can overstimulate while others help calm the child down. Parents should know what emotional level they want for their child and select the appropriate technology to help the child get there.
- Take Care When Selecting. Use technology to teach the child to handle emotions. Ms. Samuels tried the game “If…” because it had received positive reviews for teaching emotional intelligence. When she tried it with her son, she found the game to be overstimulating to the point that, “…it led to daily meltdowns.” She found greater success with non-therapy oriented iPhone games because she held the phone and controlled the controls. When she sensed her son’s emotions were running towards out of control, she intruded by insisting that she and her son take three deep breaths. Over time, her son was able to manage his emotions, talk about the situations of the characters and open up about his feelings .
- Use Technology to Uncover the Child’s Gifts and Interests. Ms. Samuels has been able to use her son’s passion for video games as opportunities to discover underlying interests he may have. Thus, she has introduced him to programming and books and games for computer geeks.
- Technology May Not Be Best Choice. The are technologies designed to help autistic individuals with scheduling and time management. She found that one such technology, designed as a game, was too engaging. Her son was more interested in accumulating game points and prizes than in changing his daily behaviors. Ms. Samuels reverted to paper schedules and charts.
- Parent Support. Ms. Samuels has found that online support groups have helped her. She gets advice from the insights and experiences of others. Online support groups can be a place to vent and be understood by parents of similarly involved children.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Information on Home Use of Speech Therapy Tools
In December, 2014, I was contacted by a company called Software Advice bringing my attention to an article by one of their writers, Gaby Loria, entitled, "Patient Home Usage of Speech Therapy Software IndustryView l 2014." I thought I would share some of the online survey's results with you.
The Key Findings:
- Three-quarters (74%) of speech therapy patients have used or are using software to practice at home.
- The majority (89%) of patients that used software for home practice noticed improvements.
- Most respondents were more likely to choose a therapist-recommended at-home practice solution.
Other interesting findings were:
- 61% of adult patients felt they improved using speech therapy software
- 31% of parents of children reported that their child improved using speech therapy software.
- Speech therapy software was not a favorite for doing work at home. It seems that clients prefer verbal exercises to all methods. Physical tools, such as "listening tubes," were the least favorite.
The complete article can be found at: http://www.softwareadvice.com/medical/industryview/home-speech-therapy-report-2014/
Most Preferred Home Practice Methods
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