Speech Sound Disorders Articulation Phoneme F

Phoneme /f/

Place: Labiodental | Manner: Fricative | Voicing: Voiceless

Have the child bring lower lip gently to upper teeth and blow air over lip, voice off.

Cognate pair: /v/

Example

Initial: Fan | Medial: Muffin | ** Final**: Thief

Age of Elimination

2-3 years old

Elicitation Tips

Refer to it as a bunny face (top teeth on bottom lip) encourage children to make their bunny face.
Have the child produce /s/ then move bottom lip to upper teeth with continuous airflow.

Potential Session Goals

Name will produce initial /f/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.

Name will produce medial /f/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.

Name will produce final /f/in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.

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