Articulation Therapy For Kids In Albuquerque, NM
Speech therapy promotes speech sound development, phonological disorders, articulation impairments, and childhood apraxia of speech
Your Child Can Benefit From Articulation Therapy In Albuquerque
If you are a parent worrying:
· “My child’s words are hard to understand”
· “My child gets frustrated because no one understands them”
· “I have to translate my child’s talking for others”
· “My child can’t say certain sounds”
· “My child sounds younger than their peers”
· “My child has been in speech therapy for years and still has trouble with some sounds”
I can help your child talk clearly!
How To Know When Your Child Needs Speech Therapy
If your child is not meeting developmental norms, has difficulty being understood by others, or sounds younger than peers they can benefit from speech therapy.
Since producing speech is the most complex fine motor act humans perform it takes years to master intelligible connected speech.
As kids express their needs and ideas more and more their speech mechanism gets the skilled practice necessary to sound like others and be understood.
If modeling isn’t enough, explicit instruction in speech therapy can help your child’s speech skills develop.
What Is An Articulation Disorder?
It is a delay of the fine motor skills necessary to accurately produce age-appropriate speech sounds
Speech Therapy In Albuquerque, NM Can Help
It’s common for preschool and young school-age children to receive speech therapy for delayed speech sound production or articulation skills.
Articulation treatment is most successful when children can discriminate targets sounds from error sounds, visually attend to correct model (i.e., the speech therapist’s mouth), tolerate light tactile cues on face, and repeatedly practice target sounds in engaging tasks.
Speech therapy with me will help your child develop new, challenging skills and feel the confidence of speaking clearly!
Benefits Of Speech Therapy
Speech therapy with me helps your child:
· Talk with clear and mature sounds
· Express ideas with ease and confidence
· Master the skills of awareness and self-correction
Speech Sounds Typically Treated
After more than ten years of experience I know that the most common speech sounds targeted in young children are /k, g, f, v, s/, and the most common speech sounds targeted in older children are /sh, r, l, th/
My Approach To Articulation Therapy In Albuquerque
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· Formal or informal assessment with use of Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation – 4th Edition, oral mechanism examination, spontaneous speech sample, and, if appropriate, a reading sample
· Begin treatment with education about the brain, ears, mouth, tongue, throat, voice box, and lungs with pictures and crafts
Let your child educate the whole family about the new stuff they learned to internalize information and build a strong foundation for success in speech therapy
· Play games and incorporate deep interests into therapy sessions while prompting accurate target sounds in play, drill tasks, conversation, and reading with auditory bombardment and verbal cues
· Track progress with homework sheets and colorful charts
· Motivate the generalization of new skills with positive reinforcement and parent education
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· Play with items of high interest to each unique child
E.g., paper airplanes, dress up costumes
· Cause-effect toys that promote engagement
· Puzzles that ignite problem solving
· Illustrated books
E.g., Two Cool Cows by Toby Speed to promote /k/ sound, Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards to promote /r/ sound
· Tabletop games
E.g., Hi Ho Cherry-O, Spot It
· Word FLIPS by Rhonda Granger
· K&K Sign / Select To Talk by Tamara S. Kasper MS CCC-SLP, BCBA, LBA and Nancy R. Kaufman MA CCC-SLP
· Kaufman (K-SLP) Treatment Kits 1 & 2 by Nancy R. Kaufman MA CCC-SLP
· Drill sheets to practice target sound(s)
o Speech Therapy: Artic Activity Book by Tori N. Summers C-SLPA
o 50 Quick Play Articulation Games by Bard Truman and Lauri Whiskeyman
o Webber’s Jumbo Articulation Drill Book by Thomas Webber and Sharon G. Webber MS CCC-SLP
· Word Vault Pro App to practice target sound(s)
· Easy-to-carry mirror for visual feedback
· FORBRAIN Headset for auditory feedback
To make the most of our time together my treatment incorporates:
PROMPT is a systematic, detailed protocol that encourages speech sounds with adult-led tactile cues
K-SLP supports children with severe articulation deficits, such as childhood apraxia of speech
My use of various treatment methods will match each child’s individual skills and needs
Start Speech Therapy In Albuquerque, NM Today!
Schedule your free 30-minute consult call to see if flexible and impactful therapy is right for you!
Speech Therapy Services Offered At Sound Steps LLC
Initial Evaluation
$160 + taxes per hour
Together, we decide on what speech goals to focus on.
In-Person Treatment Sessions
$80 + taxes per hour
Articulation treatment will empower your child with the skills they need to be successful in every interaction.
Telehealth Treatment Sessions
$60 + taxes per hour
Live outside of the Albuquerque area, but interested in awesome speech therapy?
We can meet virtually to play and learn, learn and play - and you guessed it - play and learn.
Superbills For Insurance Reimbursement Are Always Provided
*Medical notes shared safely via HIPAA compliant email after each session for your review and records*
My Speech-Language Interventions Also Promote:
sound or syllable repetitions with blocks and visible tension
analytic & gestalt language processing, vocabulary, sentence structure, language understanding, pragmatics, augmentative & alternative communication
connection, engagement, analytic & gestalt language processing, communication, social skills
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