Speech Sound Disorders Articulation Phoneme D

Phoneme /d/

Place: Alveolar | Manner: Stop | Voicing: Voiced

The child’s tongue tip goes up behind your teeth on the alveloar ridge, have a burst of air and keep their voice on.

Cognant Pair: /t/

Example

Initial: Dog | Medial: Ladder | Final: Red

Age of Elimination

2-3 years old

Elicitation Tips

  • Use a tongue depressor or sucker to provide tactile stimulation for placement of /d/.
  • Have the child make /a/ and then push their tongue up.

Potential Session Goals

Name will produce initial /d/in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce medial /d/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce final /d/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce /d/ in all positions of words in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.