Please scroll below to find out what is happening at The Voice Within, current research and interesting articles related to communication and development. We would like to hear from you so please leave a comment and let us know what you would like to read about.
We have now mastered word level! It is time to start working on the target sound in a short repetitive phrase. For example, “Give me the cake” or “Give me the key”.Source: @adventuresinspeechpathology
Once the child is able to identify the difference between the minimal pairs, they will startworking on producing single words. There are heaps of games/activities you can play at word level.Grab a deck of minimal pair cards and say a … Continued
The first phase in minimal pairs intervention is auditory discrimination. The child will learnto understand the difference between the two minimal pair words, where the words sound thesame, except one word starts with a k sound and the other word … Continued
Meet Milo our cheeky monkey who loves practicing new words with you! Minimal pairs intervention is one way to treat phonological processes. Minimal pairs are words that differ by one sound. For example, car and tar. This is a common … Continued
Have you ever heard a child say “tea” instead of “key” or “bow” instead of “boat”?These patterns of speech are called phonological processes. Phonological processes are patterns of sound errors that children use to simplify speech as they are learning … Continued
