Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Articulation

Short description

Tactile cues help a child feel how to produce a target sound or word. Tactile cues may include clapping or jumping to help the child hear and include syllables in multisyllabic words, pairing a sound with a movement (e.g., say "ball" while child throws a ball), having child use hand signals while producing the sound, offering touch cues to a child's face, mouth, or neck to help them achieve correct placement, and many more.

Long description

Tactile cues help a child feel how to produce a target sound or word. Tactile cues may include clapping or jumping to help the child hear and include syllables in multisyllabic words, pairing a sound with a movement (e.g., say "ball" while child throws a ball), having child use hand signals while producing the sound, offering touch cues to a child's face, mouth, or neck to help them achieve correct placement, and many more. A child will often need more cues when initially learning a sound. The therapist will work to decrease the amount of cues provided in order to help a child get closer to independence.