AMA-ESD Speech-Language Team

Self talk is an extremely effective strategy for helping toddlers to kindergarten age children develop speech and language skills. Self...

This was a blog post on the Communication Station Website that was shared with me by a member of our AMA-ESD Speech and Language Team. ...

The use of visuals is an evidence based strategy for strengthening, teaching and enhancing communication skills in individuals with...

A “lisp” usually refers to a child's difficulty producing the /s/ and /z/ sounds because of incorrect tongue placement. With a frontal...

*Teaching F- The /f/ and /v/ sounds are fun sounds to teach because they are visually easy to see. The first thing I typically do when...

When modeling how to make a speech sound for a student you almost always would like the student to be looking at you. I am amazed at...

Parents, daily activities are great opportunities to reinforce and model new language for your younger kids. For example, while in the...

Hi everyone, just wanted to remind you of the great website the AMA-ESD Speech/Language Team put together last year. It's called Speech...

Splitting apart is an excellent technique to use when a child can say a particular sound in isolation but cannot say it at the word level....

Here is a really useful modeling technique that we often use. It is called simultaneous modeling. It goes something like this. **I...

The chart shown here can help you decide if a student may have an articulation delay or if the errors you are hearing are developmentally...

Here's a quick tip on how to use modeling effectively throughout the school day to help with speech sound production errors. Have a ...

Minimal pairs are pairs of words that only differ in one phonetic element or letter; example; car vs tar. They can be extremely useful...

Here's a quick and easy way to correct and recast to a student when speech and language errors are heard within the classroom. When an...

Having the child lean his head back so the tongue slides back to the oral cavity. Sometimes having the child actually lay on his back is...