Speech/Articulation
Children with speech/articulation delays have difficulty producing sounds in syllables or saying words correctly to the point that listeners can't understand what's being said.
Children with articulation disorders can be known to do one or more of the following...
Some of the most common types of articulation disorders are...
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Phonological Processes Chart
Children with articulation disorders can be known to do one or more of the following...
- delete sounds (child says: /bu/ instead of /bus/)
- substitute sounds (child says: /sree/ instead of /three/)
- add sounds (child says: /spagbetti/ instead of /spaghetti/
- distort sounds (child says: /thpoon/ instead of /spoon/
Some of the most common types of articulation disorders are...
- Substituting a /th/ sound for an /s/:
- Substituting a /w/ for an /r/:
- Substituting a /w/ for an /l/
**Click to see a copy of our Speech Sound Development Norms
**Click to learn about Phonological Processes and how they impact your child's speech.
Phonological Processes Chart
Hierarchy For Articulation Therapy
The hierarchy starts with the student learning to say the sound by itself (isolation level) with 80% accuracy or 8 out of 10 times. Of course we have a child practice the sound more than 10 times.
From there, we move through the following levels:
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From there, we move through the following levels:
- non-sense syllables (ex. for /k/ - kah, kay, kee, koh, koo)
- words - (ex. for /k/ - car, keep, cat, coat)
- phrases - (ex. for /k/ - cars go fast)
- sentences (ex. for /k/ - I saw the car go fast.)
- reading (if the child is able to)
- conversation
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