Dear Carrie, What Sounds do I Target with the Cycles Approach?
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
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Dear Carrie,
I’ve heard that the cycles approach can be great for children with a lot of phonological processes, but I don’t know where to start. Which processes should I target first with the cycles approach? And what words do I use to practice each one?
Signed, Lost in Cycles
Dear Cycles,
Thanks for your question! We have some great resources for cycles on our website (see the link above). In this video, I'll explain how to choose the correct phonological processes and specific sounds to target for the beginning phases of the Cycles Approach to phonology. Click the link to access the free resources, the no-prep kit, and the Cycles course:
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Signed, Carrie Clark, CCC-SLP
Dear Carrie My son is a cochlear implant student.He is 19 years old and implanted 6 months ago. How can I give him speech therapy
Hello there! Thanks so much for the comment. Every person's communication journey is different, especially with something as complex as a cochlear implant. Since I haven't worked with your son directly, I don't know exactly what he needs. You should speak to a speech-language pathologist or professional in your area who can do a full evaluation and determine what he needs in terms of speech therapy.
Hi Carrie. My son is 3.5yrs old and his speech is unintelligible to everyone other than myself and his father (as we know the context most of the time) because he speaks only in vowel sounds and misses out most of the consonants e.g. car = aaaah, pillow = i-oh, again = a- eh, biscuit = i-i. The only consonants we see used occasionally are p and m. Words he speaks clearly are mum, up, help, and more. If he was using consonants we believe he would be talking in full sentences. Is receptive language and understanding seems very good. He knows everything we are saying and follows direction well. ASD has been outruled. We are waiting on speech therapy to start but waiting lists have been very long. Have you heard of children talking in only vowel sounds before and is this is a phonological disorder? Any advice would be appreciated. I have already printed a lot of your free resources. They are fantastic.
Thanks so much.
Rachael
Hello and thanks for your question! I'll add this to our question list so make sure you subscribe to the channel to see if it gets made into a video of its own. I have worked with other children who also speak in mostly vowels. It definitely makes it hard to understand them! This can be a phonological disorder for sure, though I can't tell you if that's what he has going on since I haven't worked with him directly. Here's our resource page on phonological disorders if this helps. Take a look at some of the resources for final consonant deletion and initial consonant deletion. www.speechandlanguagekids.com/phonological-processes/