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6 STEPS TO CLEAR SPEECH

a step-by-step guide to helping children with unclear speech

BEVERLEY JESSUP

6 Steps to Clear Speech by Beverley Jessup ÂŠ 2016 by Beverley Jessup. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any written, electronic, recording, or photocopying without written permission of the publisher or author. The exception would be in the case of brief quotations embodied in the critical articles or reviews and pages where permission is speciďŹ cally granted by the publisher or author. Although every precaution has been taken to verify the accuracy of the information contained herein, the author and publisher assume no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for damages that may result from the use of information contained within. Books may be purchased in quantity and/or special sales by contacting the author Beverley Jessup by email at speechtherapycourseonline@gmail.com

About the Author

Introduction Types of Sounds

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Step 1

Speech Milestones: What to expect at What Age? Jargon Busting Chart SAMPLE FROM THE ASSESSMENT BOOK. PHONOLOGY ASSESSMENT The Analysis Of Laura’s Speech YOUR SPEECH ANALYSIS

Step 2

Why work on listening? Listening To And Discriminating Speech Sounds STEPPING STONES GAME Bugs/Fish Game Stepping Stones/Footprints/Clouds ORO-MOTOR EXERCISES SOFT PALATE EXERCISES HOW TO ELICIT A ‘F’ SOUND

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PRODUCING NEW SPEECH SOUNDS WITH A VOWEL SOUND VOWEL PICTURES GOING HOME GAME STEPPING STONES GAME BUS & PASSENGER GAME SPIDER GAME OCTOPUS GAME

Step 4

Producing words with target sound Advantages of using board games Boundaries HOW TO USE THE BOARD GAMES

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Producing the words in repetitive sentences USING VISUAL PROMPTS

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SYMBOL STORIES The Silly Sandwich CONVERSATION TOPICS STORY BRACELET Acknowledgements

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About the Author Hi Friends, I am Beverley Jessup and I have been a Speech and Language Therapist since 1992 after graduating in the UK. I have worked with children and adults in a range of settings with a variety of speech, language and communication needs. Now I feel is the time to impart my knowledge and experience to parents, teaching staďŹ&#x20AC; and newly qualiďŹ ed speech and language therapists and students. I hope that you will take time to visit my website: www.speechtherapycourses4allonline.com. If you have any questions, please email me on speechtherapycourseonline@gmail.com

Learn how you can implement the step-by-step system to help children develop clear speech in an online course that accompanies this book. Visit www.speechtherapycourses4allonline.com/e-course 3

Introduction When I first started writing this book, I thought “wouldn’t it be great to have one place where I could find resources, ideas, games mixed in with the theory and reference checklists.” I looked around and could see that it is out there but not in one place. So for the teacher, pre-school worker or parent, they would have to know where to look. However, after 24 years of experience, I decided to put this information all in one up-to date book. My advice to anyone using this book is to go through each step in turn. Don’t feel that you have to rush through to the next stage if the child is not ready. I would say that repetition is essential, even if you can only manage 5-10 minutes every day in a quiet room, without any visual or auditory distractions. Turn the television and radio off and help your child to focus. If your child has problems with his/her attention, start with short sessions, use a reward chart, give a reward and slowly increase the session length. I have included a reward chart on page 26. The most important advice I can give you is to have fun and stop when the child shows signs of boredom or tiredness. I feel honoured that you have taken time to read this and take the first step in helping this child to communicate clearly and be confident in speaking out.

Types of Sounds MAKING IT FUN When you are teaching sounds to children, it is important to make it fun by giving the sounds funny names/labels. Using pictures with the sound gives the child a visual as well is an auditory cue. I also use gestural cues such as Cued Articulation (devised by Jane Passey) . If you do an online course there will be a demonstration of these cues . The cards on the next page gives you the names of the sounds along side of the pictorial queue. I would recommend that these are copied, cut out and laminated for future use. The child will need to know where the different parts of his/her mouth is. So it would be a good idea to ask them to find the following and ask the following questions: Can you find your lips? Where is you tongue? Can you touch the tip of your tongue? Where is the back of your tongue? Can you point to your top teeth? Can you find your bottom teeth? Can you find the back of your tongue? Can you put the front of your tongue behind your top teeth? Can you touch your voice box? If the child cannot do any of these things, then you can show them by demonstrating yourself. Then using a clean metal teaspoon, show them where the different parts are in their mouth when you ask the questions again. Then the child has to be able to work out when their voice is on and off. This is done by asking the child to place their fingers on their voice box. Ask them to say ‘p’ and ask them if the voice box vibrated or shook. It shouldn’t for ‘p’ but when you ask them to do it for ‘b’, then the voice box should vibrate. 5

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CONVERSATION TOPICS I really like this idea that you can use yourself as a parent, teacher or newly qualiﬁed speech therapist… a jar of conversation topics. This could be done over family dinner times or as a 5 minute ﬁller in between lessons or sim-ply in your clinic. I cannot take credit for this idea but you could print this picture below and place it in a jar. Idea taken from http://tinyurl.com/jktofeq

These conversation topics/questions were taken from http://tinyurl.com/hye6364

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Acknowledgements Writing this book has been a long process with my ultimate aim was to empower parents , teachers and newly qualified speech therapists/pathologists to be more confident with developing clear speech in the children they see. I hope I have done that but I want to thank one person for his encouragement and support and that is my loving husband, Adam. I also would like to thank my clever web designers , Hiren Moraniya and Dipesh Parmar who work in India, tirelessly meeting my specific needs and requests. Thank you for your creativity and patience and many alterations! I would also like to thank Louise Glover, a dedicated mum and exceptional teacher for taking time from her busy schedule to proof-read my manuscript for this book. And to my parents, Alda and Orlando Figueiredo and my parents-in-law, Robin and Margaret Jessup, whose unwavering support and belief in me even through the messy times is a miracle! Finally, I would like to thank all those clients and parents I have seen over the years (too many to name) who have afforded me the privilege of trying out parts of this book on them. I hope that you will take time to visit my website: www.speechtherapycourses4allonline.com. If you have any questions, please email me on speechtherapycourseonline@gmail.com

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Do you work with or have your own children with unclear speech problems? Are you frustrated and confused with medical terms and jargon in reports ? Are you anxious to start helping your child right away? Are you tired of helplessly watching your children get frustrated that they can't make themselves understood and concerned it will impact their literacy and their social skills? Do you want easy-to-use tools and exercises that are enjoyable and fun for a child? Then this book is exactly what you have been waiting for. Using Beverley Jessup's online training program which complements this book, you canâ&#x20AC;Ś.

START helping your child RIGHT AWAY to work on their Speech Skills

HELP them overcome their speech barriers in a FUN and ENJOYABLE manner before they negatively affect their LITERACY, SELF-CONFIDENCE, and SOCIAL SKILLS Using a STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH, ASSESSMENT/TESTS, SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS, COLOURFUL RESOURCES, GAMES and ACTIVITIES you can start helping children communicate confidently. Find USEFUL

APPS and other USEFUL RESOURCES besides in this book

Whether you are a parent, teacher, Early-years practitioner, or a newly-qualified Speech & Language Pathologist, this book will be a great guide for you in helping children with unclear speech problems.

Beverley Jessup has over 24 years of experience as a Speech & Language Therapist. After obtaining her degree from De Montfort University, Leicester UK, she worked with children ( with a range of speech and language difficulties) in nurseries, schools and in her own clinic . Having accumulated her invaluable experience, she created an online training course for parents, teaching staff, and early year practitioners who are dealing with speech-impaired children. This book in combination with her training course is a great tool to those grown-ups who are struggling to help children with unclear speech problems start a new fulfilling life.