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Shereen Idiculla on a Roll with Oral Placement Therapy

Shereen Idiculla on a Roll with Oral Placement Therapy Shereen Idiculla 14 years of practice, India’s First Speech Language Therapist to...

Pratiksha Gupta

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Articulation Therapy: Teaching T and D sounds

Articulation Therapy: Teaching T and D sounds The sounds /t/ (as in tomato) and /d/ (as in dig) are lingua-alveolar plosives . The name ‘plosives’ comes from the way the sounds expel air when being said. And ‘lingua-alveolar’ is descriptive of the position of the tongue when the sounds are produced. A plan for therapy is drawn out based on the assessment results and thereafter Articulation therapy is undertaken. When saying each slowly, think about where your lips and tongu

SPEECH THERAPY

sharad367

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Music in Speech therapy: 8 Amazing Action Songs

Music in Speech therapy: 8 Amazing Action Songs Music and movement bring a lot of fun to a session. The power of music is wonderful in exciting, calming and engaging children. A speech therapist can effectively use action rhymes to build speech and language skills. Repetition of movements, sounds, and words within the songs gives the child ample opportunities to learn and thereafter imitate actions and (many times) speech. Here are 8 fun songs that bring in movement and mus

SPEECH THERAPY

sharad367

3 min read

Using Music in Speech Therapy

Using Music in Speech Therapy Speech therapists can assume various roles- of an artist, a teacher or even a singer! Yes, you read that right! Speech therapists can also sing, dance and play music to build relevant skills. Music is a magical tool while working with children and adults having speech and language difficulties. Why use music in speech therapy? Music makes the therapy fun and engaging. It adds another dimension to the session, which makes learning language and sp

sharad367

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Neha Tiwari on Creating Awareness for Speech & Hearing Difficulties!

Neha Tiwari – Wall of Fame – Feb 2018: Neha Tiwari, Speech Language Pathologist cum Audiologist In a vast country like India where more...

Pratiksha Gupta

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Articulation Therapy: Teaching P and B sounds

Articulation Therapy: Teaching P and B Sounds The sounds P and B are bilabial plosives. The name "plosives" comes from the way the sounds expel air when being said, and "bilabials" refers to the fact that the lips are used to produce them. If these sounds are misarticulated, a speech therapist will help build understanding of how the sounds are made, establish correct production, and then work on strengthening and generalizing them across everyday speech. How Are the P and

SPEECH THERAPY

sharad367

5 min read

Autism Series VII: Parental Participation in Intervention

How Parental Participation in Intervention Autism Series? Intervention for a child with Autism or ASD should focus on his /her core...

sharad367

6 min read

Stress-busting hobbies for mommies

Stress-busting hobbies for mommies – Being mom is hard. It is a battlefield for mothers everywhere. It doesn’t matter if you’re a working...

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Sayee Deshpande

4 min read

Top 10 Non-Toys used in Speech Therapy

A speech therapist’s magical tool to engage a child in a session is …(*drumroll*)… PLAY! Through play, relevant skills can be taught to a...

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

sharad367

3 min read

Pragmatic Language Impairment

Pragmatic Language Impairment Pragmatic Language Impairment- Pragmatics is the corpus of rules that govern the use of language in various social situations, i.e. the social skills of language (when, where, with whom, and how language is used). These skills are important for social, educational, and career success. Social norms have expectations for proper pragmatic usage in language, such as topic maintenance, turn-taking in conversation, eye contact, and providing the list

sharad367

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Learning To Talk With Sensory Books

Learning To Talk With Sensory Books When it comes to promoting speech development in children, multisensory stimulation works wonderfully. These days multi-sensory books are very popular among parents and Speech Therapists alike. Be it pop up books, sliding books, touch and feel books, sound books, game books or digital books, all serve as fantastic tools to work on a child’s language and listening skills. A relatively new and exciting series of books called Sensory Books o

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Articulation Therapy: Four Go-To Materials for Speech Sound Therapy

What is Articulation Therapy? Articulation therapy helps children correct speech sound errors and improve pronunciation by teaching proper sound production and mouth movements. It is one of the most effective forms of speech sound therapy used by speech-language pathologists to support children struggling with unclear speech or misarticulations. Articulation therapy should be multisensorial, engaging, and fun for children. It requires proper placement of the tongue, lips, and

SPEECH THERAPY

sharad367

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