Apply the principles of motor planning to the treatment of childhood apraxia of speech with this program, complete with detailed instructions; 2000 stimulus pictures; and tactile-kinesthetic cue cards.
The 65-page manual shows you how to establish motor learning for different syllable shapes and pattern sequences. Incorporate research-based principles into therapy organization and goal selection and:
- select target sounds and words to build intelligibility and promote easier acquisition
- set up a practice schedule to maximize motor learning
- use blocked practice to establish new motor sequences
- use random practice to facilitate generalization of learned motor sequences
- adjust the type and frequency of cues/modeling
- adjust the type and frequency of performance feedback
- incorporate prosody training early in the treatment program
- use tactile/kinesthetic cue cards to support the establishment of movement sequences for speech
The stimulus cards are customized to apraxia therapy with:
- 325 picture cards (three pictures per side for 1950 pictures)
- 30 picture cards for multisyllabic words (one picture per side for 60 total pictures)
- 12 tactile-kinesthetic cue cards
The tactile-kinesthetic cue cards develop sound blending and syllable transitions. Students produce a variety of phoneme sequences while moving one finger along a visual representation of the movement sequence. These cards are coated, so you can write target sound sequences on them with a dry-erase marker. The cue cards represent the following hierarchy of syllable structure:
- CV words
- VC words
- CVC words
- Initial strident/continuant
- Final strident/continuant
- Medial consonants
- Backward chaining: /s/ blends
- Backward chaining: /l/, /r/ blends
- Three-syllable words
- Four-syllable words
- Repetitions: caterpillar
- Repetitions: dinosaur
Students progress and:
- establish a wide variety of phonetic movements/motor plans
- stabilize sounds that are produced inconsistently
- establish a core, meaningful vocabulary
- speak with smoother syllable transitions
COMPLETE KIT INCLUDES: 68-page manual; 325 double-sided coated picture/stimuli cards (7½" x 2½"); 12 cue cards (4" x 6"); 30 double-sided coated picture/stimuli cards (4" x 6"); all in a sturdy storage box.
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