Re: [SPAM] Re: how do I get him to say it

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Do you mind if I borrow (steal) your response to this post for a woman on

another board? She's a little lost but begins Prompt sessions soon. I think

this post will give her a lift.

Janice

[sPAM][ ] Re: how do I get him to say it

Hi Michele,

I just wanted to chime in and say that Prompt therapy or Prompt like

therapy helped my son learn to say many of the letter sounds that he

struggled with such as /p/. Frequently either his therapist or I, or

BOTH of us would show him with OUR mouths exactly where his tongue,

lips and jaw needed to be. Then we would need to gently move these

on him to help him find the correct placement. It can take 100's of

tries to get it. I remember I also used a mirror, a lit candle and

my hand or his hand in front of his mouth to show my son the /p/

sound. Tone can be involved so strengthening exercises do work for

some children - ie. blowing bubbles, candles and funky breath toys

that many therapists have in their arsenal of creative toys. My son

also thought it was funny to say pee because that's what we called

urinating. I would make a game of him blowing hard with a sharp

breath toward me, tongue behind lower teeth, pursed lips and then

pulling back the lips. When he got a good puff of forced air into my

face and a close approximation of the /p/ sound I would fall to the

bed or couch like he blew me over Being fun made it not seem so

much like therapy.

I wish you joy on your journey.

McCann

>

> My wonderful little guy who is now 4.2 years old has been

struggling

> to say the 'p' sound in a word. He can do it for a blend

> (ex. " please " is said as " pee " so he drops off the second letter of

> the blend and the final consonant sound) but he can not just say

> the " p " sound without a blend. It comes out like " t " . He can

> imitate putting the lips together and blowing with the lips

> together, but as soon as you add voice it becomes 't'.

>

> What is strange is that for the 'sl' sound he will say " pa "

> perfectly. So I will have him say " slide " and he will say " pa " but

> then I will immediately ask him to say " pa " and he will say " ta " .

> He does this everytime.

>

> Is this apraxia or just a phonological error? He can make the

> sound, but how do I get him to do it at the right time? I am

> working with two speech therapists who are stumped as to what to

do,

> and so I am hoping I can get some suggestions here.

>

> Thank you.

> Michele

>