TREATING R WITH THERAPEUTIC TOOLS

Course overview

In this course, Jill Tate presents a variety of therapeutic tools for treating /r/ (and other difficult-to-treat sounds) including: The Smart Palate Palatometer, tongue targets poster (palatography), auditory amplification tool, cheek-lip retractor, Speech Racer App, VowelViz App and a variety of practical methods designed to facilitate /r/ and R-blends in isolation, syllables, words, sentences, stories and conversation/generalization. This course contains lecture, demonstrations, videos, photographs, and handouts. Objective Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Describe tongue -to-palate contact during sound production in isolation and during movement sequences with the use of the Smart Palate Palatometer by Complete Speech. Demonstrate a /r/ in isolation by using a variety of stimulation techniques. Assess whether to treat the many movement sequences that occur with /r/ and r-blends. Decide whether to introduce a new app or other tool to facilitate and habilitate...not devastate your client when treating /r/.