How To Treat A Lisp | Talkshop Speech Pathology

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Targeting Lisps
Therapy for lisps involves teaching a hierarchy of skills. In most cases, we first begin with your child saying the “s” sound by itself. The therapy ends when your child is using the new “s” independently in everyday conversation. The steps in between vary according to your child’s strengths and areas for development. As do the techniques used to help your child understand how to make their new sound in different places in a word. For example, some techniques used include:
  • visual cues (e.g. using gestures to represent speech sounds)
  • verbal cues (e.g. modeling how the speech sound sounds, providing verbal instructions)
  • tactile cues (e.g. showing the child where to place their lips/tongue/jaw).
 
Targeting Tongue Thrusts
Therapy for tongue thrusts also involves teaching a hierarchy of skills. A tongue thrust is a habit (the pattern of movement our brain instructs our muscles to move in). Therefore, requires a period of therapy to out-train the old habitual way of using the tongue for speech and swallowing. The way that your child uses their tongue for swallowing will need to be targeted before their interdental lisp can be targeted.  
Parent Training
We always provide parent training within therapy sessions. This is so that you feel confident completing home practice tasks with your child each week. This is a high priority for us as we know that frequency of practice is so important for your child’s progress.   Last but not least, therapy involves finding the right balance of challenging and fun to keep you and your child motivated.  
If you are unsure if your child has a lisp, book a free initial consultation to talk with one of our Speech Pathologists.

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