Phoneme /s/

Place: Alveolar | Manner: Fricative | Voicing: Voiceless

Lift tongue tip up towards the alveolar ridge, allow air to flow over the tongue, lips in a smile, voice is off.

Cognate pair: /z/

Example

Initial: Sit | Medial: Baseball | Final: Ice

Age of Elimination

4 years old

Elicitation Tips

  • Teach correct lingual placement using simple /ts/ final words: boats, lights, hats, cats. -Have the child produce voiceless /th/ then pull tongue in and move it to the alveolar ridge while smiling

Potential Session Goals

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