Tips

You are about to learn the 20 essential tips for effectively developing speech sounds. Each of these tips will greatly enhance your child’s experience and aid them in successfully achieving their speech sounds.
These tips are a product of working in an underfunded system where visits and resources are limited. It has been an ongoing quest of mine to identify what specifically I do as a Speech Language Pathologist that makes the most difference to my clients. By applying the Pareto Principle (or the 80/20 rule) to what I do as a Speech Language Pathologist, I have identified what is the most impactful to achieving speech sounds. This has been an ongoing and evolutionary process yielding some striking results. These tips are unique as many of them challenge current traditional speech therapy practices.

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 1 – Use a Roadmap

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 2 – Where to Begin

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 3 – Know Your End Goal

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 4 – Model Masterfully

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 5 – Accuracy First

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 6 – Strive for Five

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 7 – Train for Speed

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 8 – Minimize Corrections

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 9 – More Repetitions in Less Time

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 10 – Purge the Pausing

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 11 – Eliminate Emphasis

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 12 – Same Time, Same Place

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 13 – Triggers Build Habits

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 14 – Practice Daily

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 15 – Set Up Reminders

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 16 – Remember 1435

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 17 – Believe in Your Child’s Greatness

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 18 – Shorter Sessions and More of Them

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 19 – Build a Speech Team

Rapid Speech Therapy Tip 20 – Seek the Help of a SLP