Comments on: Try This Tuesday #10: Using Physical Cues

By: CC

CC — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:04:55 +0000

I use physical cues for my speech students all the time. It works so well for so many of them!

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:37:12 +0000

I really like this idea and am already thinking of how I can use it. Verbal prompts can become so tiresome for my son, and for me!

By: Julie @ A Celebration Of Our Journey

Julie @ A Celebration Of Our Journey — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:38:18 +0000

Thanks for sharing!

By: jen

jen — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:52:10 +0000

when working with students on articulation…i will sometimes take them outside to the playground.
slides are great for final consonants…start at the top…"caaaaaa"—"t" when you reach the bottom!
swings are great for isolation sound practice…"mmmmm" or "sssss" as they go back and forth.
anything where we can keep them moving…will often help with motor speech concerns!

By: Another Piece of the Puzzle » A Friend Like Henry

Another Piece of the Puzzle » A Friend Like Henry — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:49:36 +0000

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By: Maddy

Maddy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:42:33 +0000

Oh dearie me. I have no creative solutions for that but it's fabulous to pop in somewhere that uses the term 'speech drills' in a sentence. Oh so casual and everyone knows what you mean. Nothing to do with the dentist or bird seed!
BEst wishes

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:28:32 +0000

Nice post! Physical cues seem to be more effective than verbal cues for forming a habit (learning) a new skill. Practice is another effective, er, practice.

By: Danette

Danette — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:14:37 +0000

Great post! I love the idea of helping to remind him about the last letter sound, my son has a hard time with that too. My older boys did too, although sometimes they did the opposite and attached extra sounds to words (like "train" was pronounced "traink").

We have used physical cues too and find them helpful. Sometimes it is just as simple as tapping him on the arm to get him to look as we show him something (that didn't used to work because he'd ignore us, but it works now), other times it is more specific to whatever it is we are trying to remind him about.

By: Amazing_Grace

Amazing_Grace — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:19:19 +0000

Social Autopsies- This is a presentation I gave in a graduate course at Johns Hopkins in 2006.

By: Rickismom

Rickismom — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:00:39 +0000

Nice point!
(Can't believe its Tuesday again already!)
For children about three and up, starting global reading can help with first-and end-consonents. After the child has about 50 global words, one starts to separate sylables and then the child can SEE the "t"… doesn't run away like the spoken word does.