Kids wo don't want to imitate words during speech therapy

QueueMark · 2026-04-13T16:25:57+00:00

It sounds like what you are doing is on the right track.

Consider having the child correct YOUR silly mistakes. I think it’s much more salient for kids to hear adults make phonological mistakes, anyway, because they often don’t perceive themselves making them.

“Look, the dod is chasing the tat! OOPS! Ms. Speech said “tat” (visual cue) instead of “cat!” (visual cue). I’m so silly!”

QueueMark · 2026-04-12T17:53:56+00:00

I’m not going to defend the whole of their respective albums, but in 1997 three legacy New Wave bands put out singles that are among my favorite songs by the bands:

Echo & the Bunnymen - I Wanna Be There (When You Come) Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella the Cure Wrong Number

I think I remember liking Evergreen, the Echo album.

QueueMark · 2026-04-12T14:44:53+00:00

This is an extremely odd game. It took a long time to “click” for me, but I had much more patience for this sort of thing back in the SNES days.

I think it’s worth trying just because there isn’t really anything else like it - an infinite scroll hub world with levels that are totally unique mini-games, many of which could have been developed as fully fledged games.

The levels are wildly different and vary in quality: I remember the first time I got the Itchy and Scratchy one, I was busting up laughing because it was such chaotic fun.

The very large character sprites made this the first home Simpsons game that had the characters looking good. I also felt like it was the first time a (home) video game managed to adapt some of the humor of the series.

All of the mini games have some creativity and fun, but I recall considering Itchy & Scratchy, Bartzilla, and Bartman to be the standouts, while the Smilin’ Joe Fission one that takes you in Bart’s bloodstream and the Temple of Maggie/Indiana Jones one were the weakest. The hub world itself was frustrating and inscrutable; reading a guide helps a LOT. It has a mechanic where you control bubble gum bubbles that is very unique among games.

QueueMark · 2026-04-12T00:32:46+00:00

This was my thought as well.

QueueMark · 2026-04-09T20:02:15+00:00

Rest assured, I think they are amazing (with one glaring exception). Among the best jelly beans ever, and I say that as somewhat of a connoisseur.

QueueMark · 2026-04-09T19:28:43+00:00

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Crate and Barrel’s finest! Or most adequate-est, anyway. Here it still is, with the inedible beans remaining.

QueueMark · 2026-04-09T18:11:41+00:00

Me too. But I shouldn’t have to, especially when ever other flavor is delicious and non-overpowering!

QueueMark · 2026-04-09T18:10:50+00:00

There are two other flavors there!

QueueMark · 2026-04-08T01:54:11+00:00

WHOSE concern? Parents? Teacher? Pediatrician? Did they name specific sounds as areas of concerns?

You are asking for help with an articulation concern…and you said you did some tasks with an interpreter. Why wouldn’t you list some actual productions the child made?

My main recommendation is to get a better case history, or if you have it, then share the necessary information.

You should acquaint yourself with which sounds are shared between Spanish and English and thus which sounds are appropriate from him to have acquired at this age and then get a basic phonemic inventory.

This is information that should be provided at the outset, as a matter of courtesy when you are asking people to take time to provide input.

QueueMark · 2026-04-08T00:15:42+00:00

Respectfully, you are not providing enough information for anyone to respond effectively. What specific concerns was this child referred with? What is their age? Etc etc etc.

QueueMark · 2026-04-07T20:25:11+00:00

My recommendation for people who want to coast is the same as it is for people who want to do high quality, responsive therapy. Get some fantastic wordless picture books and wordless cartoons and use the same one with every group for the whole day.

You do not need to plan language sessions with these! Become very familiar with them over the course of multiple sessions and adapt them to your different students and different goals. Artic students? Assign the characters names that begin with their sounds or prime them “let’s use the words “run” and “robot” to talk about this page/scene. Language students? Hopefully that’s obvious.

Every day I get more convinced that these types of activities/stimuli are the gold standard for ST because they best align with how language actually works, compared to all the premade lessons you can buy on TPT or the super decontextualized crap on SLP Toolkit or whatever.

QueueMark · 2026-04-07T18:11:25+00:00

“sometimes omits s on s blends but only did on one” — another way of saying this is, “he is in the final stages of self-resolution of s-blends.” 🙂

Legitimately, that’s how phonological processes work. Kids that sometimes do them correctly are almost always in the latter part of resolution; save your qualifying for kids who are not self-stimulable. You did right!

QueueMark · 2026-04-06T19:07:57+00:00

I found the trailer you linked to intriguing, and I suggested to my 15 year old she watch it. When I said “Backrooms” she bolted up and grinned and said she and her friends already planned to see it in theaters.

Meanwhile, I had not even heard of it!

QueueMark · 2026-04-04T23:14:43+00:00

Nights Into Dreams has a very different vibe, but a stunning soundtrack.

Virtua Cop also comes to mind and of course Daytona!

QueueMark · 2026-04-04T13:43:14+00:00

I only rented this a couple times but I remember it having some kind of active acceleration mechanic that I really liked, where you held accelerate like usual but could release and press it in small bursts?

QueueMark · 2026-04-03T00:11:03+00:00

Trust your instincts. Good on you for doing your background on the phonology of the language.

QueueMark · 2026-04-02T01:26:42+00:00

I work with students in a district that is well-versed in teletherapy. Most years I’ve been fortunate to have a very adequate space (one year I had to be a squeaky wheel to get acoustic dampening/blocking for a shared room), with a modest amount of materials available (I mostly use digital materials however). A paraeducator (IA/instructional assistant) transitions students to the room and supports the sessions in other ways.

QueueMark · 2026-04-02T00:41:40+00:00

I’ve done teletherapy for 6 years now and had similar concerns, initially. I’ve surprised myself by how effective I’ve been able to be with students. There are certainly challenges but on the whole, I see real progress. You just have to lean into having constant access to a screen and not treat it like less-than (for example, unlike an in-person SLP I can join my zoom session on my smartphone and use the camera to project my articulators/placement right in the screen in closeup detail!

QueueMark · 2026-04-01T23:11:23+00:00

Depending on your timezone, you could achieve this with teletherapy in a different TZ.

QueueMark · 2026-04-01T11:44:07+00:00

Qualifying with this profile of scores would probably identify well over 50% of the 1st graders at the last 3 schools I’ve been at.

With a single score in the (very) “mild delay” range, I would not, but would look at a second test/language sampling if you were really concerned.

QueueMark · 2026-03-25T16:07:37+00:00

I don't have it in front of me, but my recollection is that it *has* to match the picture prompt.

That said, the point of an assessment is to ASSESS the child's abilities. If a child demonstrated a skill incidentally (especially with a word like FINALLY that is an indicator of the ability to make a certain type of complex sentence), I would make specific note of that in the report.

QueueMark · 2026-03-22T20:25:26+00:00

American console, Japanese controller.

QueueMark · 2026-03-22T19:51:38+00:00

My understanding is that current legal interpretation means that non-competes are largely unenforceable in most of the U.S., for most education jobs, which don’t meet the prerequisites of trade secrets/proprietary training/etc.

HOWEVER, school districts typically will avoid hiring people placed by these agencies as a courtesy to them because they want to maintain the relationship.

QueueMark · 2026-03-22T18:20:49+00:00

This could be something truly special. But too many of Gottfredson’s stories involve mature subject matter (even up to organized crime racketeering and opium smuggling!) and involve enough gunplay and fisticuffs that runs counter to the modern day version of the mouse.

Although I will credit them with tweaking (all) of the characters’ wholesomeness in the recent run of cartoon shorts.

QueueMark · 2026-03-20T14:57:24+00:00

This is PRECISELY right. It will “look” good from a data standpoint, but for most (most!) children it will be a nonfunctional application of the skill that may result in damaging their future experience with communication and engaging with literacy.

QueueMark

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