Hi All! July is almost here! I am happy to share my 9 monthly FREEBIES. I have a new monthly calendar for July AND….I just updated my free speech certificates - includes 5 graduate certificates and 5 rewards to use throughout the year (see below in FREEBIES).
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JULY Calendar Link- July 1 - American Zoo Day ,July 4 Independence Day, July 7 World Chocolate Day , July 8 - World Chocolate Day , July 14 -Ocean Shark Day , July 20 - Space Day

Monthly Celebrations are Picnic and Ice Cream

Predictable Books Facebook Group has 2 Admins! Trish & I would love to hear from you! Please share this link,Predictable Bookswith your friends! This group is dedicated to sharing, discussing, and discovering predictable books—those magical, repetitive, patterned stories that boost motor planning, confidence, and participation in therapy and at home. Here you’ll find: lists of the best predictable books for SSD & apraxia….with your input!! Ideas for therapy activities, extension tasks, and adaptations

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My 9 **Favorite EBP Speech Strategies That Work .** I wanted to simplify terminology of all the varied approaches! It can get overwhelming at times - it is not cookie cutter either. Every child has different needs. I utilize a variety of techniques and assess ongoing progress. As a therapist, it's crucial for me to explain a child’s motor speech disorder to parents & staff in a way that’s easy to understand—KISS (Keep It Simple SLP”s!). Ricki’s personal comments are included with each strategy. In addition, Ricki’s Speech Motor Block has been added

I WOULD LOVE EVERYONE’S FEEDBACK ABOUT 1 OF THE STRATEGIES INCLUDED IN MY 9 FAVORITE SPEECH STRATEGIES - THE COMPLEXITY APPROACH by Judith A Gierut. The classic Complexity Approach predicts that treating a more complex structure (e.g., /spr/) should generalize "downward" to simpler structures (e.g., /pr/). They also used many words the child didn’t know (12 studies met inclusion criteria- based on single subject experimental designs) However, the actual research findings for 3-element clusters have been much less robust than many presentations imply. Reading further into the study, variable and inconsistent generalization to untreated 2-element clusters were noted, with outcomes depending on the child's existing phonological inventory.

BOTTOM LINE - I modified this approach and included 2-element clusters plus 3-element clusters. I think the repetition of common “ME” (meaningful) words is valuable, especially for CAS and early language. I choose words patterns that have a successful outcome (always doing stimulability test first), e.g. ST, SN -works for cluster reduction, frication, easy transition to L eventually. Provides a stable elevated tongue posture utilizing the motor planning principles, which can sometimes outweigh the linguistic complexity.

UGH! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, I DON’T THINK I HAVE EVER FOLLOWED 1 SPECIFIC STRATEGY COOKBOOK STYLE. WHEN I AM COOKING, EG. I ALWAYS HAVE TO ADD SOMETHING THAT’S NOT IN THE RECIPE!!

**Ricki’s Speech Motor Blocks - connect all the blocks - integrate Foundation, Building, Support and Connection Blocks.**

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF 9 SPEECH STRATEGIES

SPEECH MOMENTS - My students have only 2 weeks to go and they are DONE!! Good thing for MY THERAPY CAT, BUCKY! He greets and calms my students - it’s magical!

‍ I recently made an original color, cut & glue story called STRIPE THE ZEBRA HAS A ZOO (sung to Old MacDonald EiEiO) - I have a student who LOVES ZEBRAS! It turns out 2 other students loved this book too… and 3 different targets….verbal expression, S sound patterns, story retell.

Please feel free to email me any time at ricki@preschoolspeechieplus.com‍ ‍

Enjoy! Ricki‍ ‍

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All FREE RESOURCES are on my website in the PS+ Store or on TPT. I hope you find them useful! If there are other resources or checklists you are looking for, I am happy to add more to my website!. Check out TPT and MY RESOURCES for practically any checklist you may need. If you would like a PDF with links please email me at ricki@preschoolspeechieplus.com . (FYI adding more than 1 item to your cart can be a little tricky - when you add first free item, after you click on purchase, arrow back to add another item…it will say “adding”. You can keep adding product this way. When you click on continue, it will take you to checkout.)

One other important bit of info about Updated Products - I am often updating my products and so are many other companies! To find these updates….1. Go to My purchases (upper right hand corner) 2. Click on Recently purchased and scroll down to RECENTLY UPDATED. Under View Receipt it will show you date when you last opened the file and date when it was last updated. I recently updated several covers!

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BELOW ARE SEASONAL ITEMS YOU MAY LIKE - CLICK ON IMAGE TO CHECK IT OUT! MY NEWEST SETS ARE STRIPE THE ZEBRA, CAN YOU GUESS, SORT & PLAY PICNIC TOY BUDDY,BUZZ INTO SUMMER FOLDING CRAFTS FOR EARLY & LATER SOUNDS. CHECK OUT THE PREVIEWS TO SEE A SAMPLING OF WHAT IS INCLUDED! BUNDLES ARE DISCOUNTED