4 Easy Speech Therapy Techniques You Need To Start Using Today

As a speech language pathologist for 14+ years, I have learned many easy tips and tricks to implement into your at home speech sessions. Although this list could go on infinitely, I boiled it down to the four main ones. You are welcome.

This post is all about speech therapy techniques

✅ Speech therapy techniques: Do This First

Behavior management always starts with one secret step. Always keep the environment clear. Only pull out the toy/activity you are working on and keep everything else out of sight. Every session should start with a clear working environment.

 ✅ Speech therapy techniques: Your Child Is A Sponge

Do not place demands on your child when doing speech therapy at home. Leave it up to the professionals to nudge and bother them. Instead, try modeling the words and actions you want in a silly and exaggerated manner. This will grab your child's attention and indirectly encourage them to copy you.

 ✅ Speech therapy techniques: Make it therapeutic

Have to start dinner? Running out of time to do your at home speech therapy session? Turn your dinner into a therapeutic activity. Pick one of the items you need to make and turn it into a few simple steps for your child to help you with. Write down the steps, have them read and help them follow the directions while you are focusing on targeting their speech sound.

 ✅ Speech therapy techniques: Short and Sweet

Keep your in home therapy sessions short and sweet. You can set a timer for 10-15 minutes to practice these goals in a fun and engaging manner (cooking, games, uno, singing a song, creative writing). These sessions do not have to be long but you do need to include them a few times a week and hold your child accountable for their speech goal at other times during the week.

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P.S. f you feel like you are repeating yourself a lot, you are on the right track :)