I've been working with some kiddos on a lateral /s/. I love the ticking time bomb! Thank you for putting out this videos series, I look forward to more.
Absolutely! I hate that it's been so hard to get content out consistently so I'm really going to work on being more intentional! Can't wait to keep providing videos for you!
This was perfect, thank you. I'm a linguist so I know about the phonology and phonetics but was at a loss on how to work on my four year old's frontal lisp with her without just saying "do what I do! Tongue behind your teeth!" I know four is a bit young but her other phonemes are spot on (except for the liquids and THs, of course), and she's bilingual because her dad is Brazilian and we're living in Brazil. (Note that Portuguese S and Z are in the same positions and don't do any weird morphological things, and she has the lisp in Portuguese, so I don't think the languages are influencing each other in terms of the lisp). I'm going to try to incorporate these games and not get too excited about the /s/ and /z/ practice because she'll pick up on my eagerness and rebel lol
HAHA!! I completely feel you about the not getting too excited! Same here! Doing this video was about the only way I could get my son to work on the sounds with me. Otherwise, he's not interested! I'm glad this was helpful!
Thank you so much for this. I took detailed notes and plan to start with my 6.5 year old homeschooled daughter and I feel confident enough to finally know how to start. Your video was detailed and fun. Thank you! Thank you! One question, I may have missed this, but how often do you recommend doing this? Once a week, a few times a week? I can incorporate this into our homeschool schedule so I am willing to do it as often as it's needed to help her.
Hello there! Your daughter is so lucky to have a parent who advocates for her and goes out to find what she needs! Keep in mind that these are general strategies and many children will need modifications to this that a speech-language pathologist would be able to help you with. If you are in the United States, you could bring your child to the public schools for free therapy, even if you homeschool! They are used to providing those services. If you are working with a therapist directly, you would probably see them once or twice per week and they would give you things to practice at home. The research shows that children make faster progress with more frequent, shorter sessions instead of one or two longer sessions. So I usually recommend my families try working on the skill for 5 minutes once or twice daily. But that's after I've helped the child establish the skill so that they can work on it successfully at home. Don't hesitate to reach out to a speech-language pathologist in your area who can work with your daughter directly and tell you exactly what she needs! Good luck!
What would you consider the mastery criteria before moving to the next step? Would they have to be correct productions without any models or cues? I have a student who needs frequent verbal cues for correct tongue placement. Should I wait until he can produce his sound correctly without cues before moving him to the next level?
Yes I try to make sure they are independent without much prompting before moving on because if you don't achieve that, the next step will be harder. Try to work on their self awareness if they're struggling to reach mastery. Ask them how THEY thought their production was. Or video record it and have them watch themselves and give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. That might help them bridge that gap to mastery!
Hi! He's 8 years old. You can work on /s/ with four or five year olds if they're ready but sometimes they need a bit more time. You can always try it out and see how they do and take a step back if they're not able to follow the cues to work on it.
Haha thank you! They're wild and crazy and we've been WAY too cooped up this winter, but we're making the best of it! Afterwards, my older son told me he was impressed I was such a good speech therapist! HAHA!
@@CarrieClarkCCCSLP He is absolutely right ! You work nicely and give us good points. As an slp student I can benefit your videos and learn how to cope with children easily❤
@@royakhalaj8 I'm so glad! This is the kind of stuff that I wish we had more of in grad school! It's the "hands-on" stuff that is hard to replicate in a textbook!
I've been working with some kiddos on a lateral /s/. I love the ticking time bomb! Thank you for putting out this videos series, I look forward to more.
Absolutely! I hate that it's been so hard to get content out consistently so I'm really going to work on being more intentional! Can't wait to keep providing videos for you!
Great video! The kids are ADORABLE!
Awww thank you!!
This was perfect, thank you. I'm a linguist so I know about the phonology and phonetics but was at a loss on how to work on my four year old's frontal lisp with her without just saying "do what I do! Tongue behind your teeth!" I know four is a bit young but her other phonemes are spot on (except for the liquids and THs, of course), and she's bilingual because her dad is Brazilian and we're living in Brazil. (Note that Portuguese S and Z are in the same positions and don't do any weird morphological things, and she has the lisp in Portuguese, so I don't think the languages are influencing each other in terms of the lisp). I'm going to try to incorporate these games and not get too excited about the /s/ and /z/ practice because she'll pick up on my eagerness and rebel lol
HAHA!! I completely feel you about the not getting too excited! Same here! Doing this video was about the only way I could get my son to work on the sounds with me. Otherwise, he's not interested! I'm glad this was helpful!
Thank you so much for this. I took detailed notes and plan to start with my 6.5 year old homeschooled daughter and I feel confident enough to finally know how to start. Your video was detailed and fun. Thank you! Thank you! One question, I may have missed this, but how often do you recommend doing this? Once a week, a few times a week? I can incorporate this into our homeschool schedule so I am willing to do it as often as it's needed to help her.
Hello there! Your daughter is so lucky to have a parent who advocates for her and goes out to find what she needs! Keep in mind that these are general strategies and many children will need modifications to this that a speech-language pathologist would be able to help you with. If you are in the United States, you could bring your child to the public schools for free therapy, even if you homeschool! They are used to providing those services.
If you are working with a therapist directly, you would probably see them once or twice per week and they would give you things to practice at home. The research shows that children make faster progress with more frequent, shorter sessions instead of one or two longer sessions. So I usually recommend my families try working on the skill for 5 minutes once or twice daily. But that's after I've helped the child establish the skill so that they can work on it successfully at home. Don't hesitate to reach out to a speech-language pathologist in your area who can work with your daughter directly and tell you exactly what she needs! Good luck!
What would you consider the mastery criteria before moving to the next step? Would they have to be correct productions without any models or cues? I have a student who needs frequent verbal cues for correct tongue placement. Should I wait until he can produce his sound correctly without cues before moving him to the next level?
Yes I try to make sure they are independent without much prompting before moving on because if you don't achieve that, the next step will be harder. Try to work on their self awareness if they're struggling to reach mastery. Ask them how THEY thought their production was. Or video record it and have them watch themselves and give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. That might help them bridge that gap to mastery!
@@CarrieClarkCCCSLP thanks so much for the advice! I will give those strategies a try!
how old is your son? what's the youngest age you'd work with for S Great ideas!
Hi! He's 8 years old. You can work on /s/ with four or five year olds if they're ready but sometimes they need a bit more time. You can always try it out and see how they do and take a step back if they're not able to follow the cues to work on it.
They're so sweet 😂😍
Haha thank you! They're wild and crazy and we've been WAY too cooped up this winter, but we're making the best of it! Afterwards, my older son told me he was impressed I was such a good speech therapist! HAHA!
@@CarrieClarkCCCSLP He is absolutely right ! You work nicely and give us good points.
As an slp student I can benefit your videos and learn how to cope with children easily❤
@@royakhalaj8 I'm so glad! This is the kind of stuff that I wish we had more of in grad school! It's the "hands-on" stuff that is hard to replicate in a textbook!
@@CarrieClarkCCCSLP exactly madam ! We should keep a clinical diary at least 🌸🙏🏻