Articulation Skills

Use the drop down menu of the articulation skills tab to find activities that you can do to facilitate your child's speech production skills.

The following are some examples of why children need speech therapy to improve their articulation skills:

Articulation disorders

Articulation refers to making sounds. The production of sounds involves the coordinated movements of the lips, tongue, teeth, palate (top of the mouth) and respiratory system (lungs). There are also many different nerves and muscles used for speech. If your child has an articulation disorder, they:

• have problems making sounds and forming particular speech sounds properly (e.g. they may lisp, so that s sounds like th)

• may not be able to produce a particular sound (e.g. they can't make the r sound, and say 'wabbit' instead of 'rabbit').

Phonological disorders:

Phonology refers to the pattern in which sounds are put together to make words. If your child has a phonological disorder, they:

• are able to make the sounds correctly, but they may use it in the wrong position in a word, or in the wrong word, e.g. a child may use the d sound instead of the g sound, and so they say 'doe' instead of 'go'

• make mistakes with the particular sounds in words, e.g. they can say k in 'kite' but with certain words, will leave it out e.g. 'lie' instead of 'like'.

All speech sound goals that your child is working on are documented in the goal section of their IEP. Please reach out if you aren't sure which specific speech sounds you should work on with your child!