The Speech PathWay

Category: Articulation Therapy

  • A Reward to Anyone Reading this Blog

    All my workbooks and resources can be downloaded free of charge.  These are the same resources that sell in my online store for $325.  Additionally, I have included some resources that are not for sale like the /r/ you stumped webinar that offers some great insights into working on the /r/ sound. Sign up with…

  • Articulation Therapy Goals – Add a Qualitative Element

    I am not a fan of typical articulation therapy goals.   To me they are missing a main ingredient.  They usually contain a quantitative element but almost never identify the “qualitative”, and by this I mean how the target is being produced.  Let’s look at the following goals for articulation therapy.  These will probably look familiar.  …

  • Articulation Therapy-A Clinicians Responsibility.

    In my last post we looked at a Henry Ford quote and used it as an inspiration for developing the proper mindset for articulation success.  The focus was on the individual who was taking on doing speech therapy drills at home for themselves or their child.  In today’s post we will consider the clinicians perspective…

  • Articulation Therapy-Mentally Preparing for Success.

     “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” Henry Ford   I absolutely love this quote. Simple yet powerful. To me it illustrates why having a proper mindset is critical for success. It makes success appear as a choice. If you think you can achieve success you are halfway to…

  • Avoid Over Correcting Articulation Errors at All Costs

      During my last post I revealed how the frequency in which I correct a child has gone down greatly over the years. The rational for limiting how much I correct a client is pretty simple. No one enjoys being corrected. So the question we raise is how much is too much when correcting a client. There is no…

  • What Does High Rep Articulation Therapy Look Like?

     I thought many of you might find some value in me breaking down what one of my therapy sessions looks like. I will give you an overview of a session I did this past week. The session was with a newly acquired private client who I did a session with at their school with her mother in…

  • Speech Pathology-3 Key Elements of Impactful Speech Therapy.

      Over the past eleven years I have worked in speech pathology, I have always pondered the question, "what does a Speech Pathologist do that is most impactful and really makes a difference during therapy?". After much thought I have boiled it down to 3 key elements. Therapy method must: 1.       Provide high repetition. 2.      Drill for speed while…

  • /S/ Homework Drill Sheets Available for Download.

    The /s/ sound drill component of the workbook is complete and I am giving it away free. It compliments the /s/ sound stimulability video as well as the online course. If you have not watched the Online Course that describes the “SpeechPathway” method, you can gain free access to it by signing up in the…

  • Automaticity – The Key to Articulation Therapy

      When reflecting on the many courses I took in my academic career, there is one course that stands above the rest in terms of shaping me as a Speech Language Pathologist. Ironicaly it isn’t even a SLP specific course. Go figure. It was a course I took in “Cognitive Psychology” that had me write a paper…

  • Stimulability – The Foundation for Success.

    In the world of Speech Pathology, stimulability is a key concept.  It is one of the first things a Speech-Language Pathologist will look for once identifying the existence of a misarticulation.  So what is stimulability?  It is simply the client demonstrating the ability to accurately produce a target sound when given a model for that…