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How I Structure My Speech Sound Therapy (Across Ages and Levels!)
Here’s how I structure my speech sound therapy, stay organized, and think about service delivery for students who are working on targeted speech sounds or phonological processes.
Below are my top 5 tips:
Here’s what all of this ends up (mostly) looking like:
Generally, I try to schedule my students based on what their session looks like. For example, is it drill-based, play-based, or academic focused?
That means I usually aim to schedule my students working on speech sounds separate from those working on more language-based goals. I only combine them once the artic student’s sessions are focused primarily on generalization.
This way, I keep students who are doing drill-based sessions (typically ~75% of my artic students) separate from those who do more language-based activities (artic students working on carryover + students with language goals). 💡
I’ve found that working on language-based skills in a drill format doesn’t really work – so this is what works best for me!
During the younger elementary years, I preferred 20 minute sessions, several times per week for my speech sound students.
But, once students got older, I really enjoyed doing 3-10 minute sessions, 4-5 times a week. These sessions are one of the huge perks of being in a school setting! They are SO effective, so quick, and so easy to prep/plan for.
I’m a big fan of high frequency words and using functional targets for each student. Being able to say the /g/ in “Give it to me!” is so much more important than being able to say “goose”.
But mixing up my targets keeps things fresh and interesting, too! It’s a balance.
I am for correct productions, not just productions. But as many correct ones as I can get!
I often start with just 3 targets per session but increase as my student’s accuracy increases to aid in generalization as well.
I keep things really simple materials-wise in my speech sound therapy. Not surprisingly, I use a ton of what I have for sale in my store!
Below are my most used resources:
​Speech Sound Cue Cards: My favorite freebie of mine! It’s a must have for any job where you’re working on articulation or phonology!
​Cycles for Phonology Toolkit: A must have if you work with younger students!
​Articulation Printables using High Frequency Words: A must have if you work with older students!
​Articulation Playing Cards: A super fun activity to mix things up for all ages!
To see examples of high quality, speech sound therapy in action, I’d high recommend following @bjoremspeech and @grahamspeechtherapy on Instagram. They both own private practice clinics and share many helpful real life therapy videos!
I hope this post was helpful!
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i'm shannon. a pediatric speech-language pathologist and founder of speechy musings!
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articulation
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