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/
Initial: Sit | Medial: Baseball | Final: Ice
- 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.