I just got back from ASHA 2025, and whew… what a whirlwind (the good kind). I had the huge honor of presenting two sessions this
I just got back from ASHA 2025, and whew… what a whirlwind (the good kind). I had the huge honor of presenting two sessions this
If you’re a speech-language pathologist who’s worked on the elusive /ɹ/ sound, you know it’s rarely a quick fix. Progress doesn’t come from repetition alone—it
If you treat the R sound in speech therapy, you know how tricky it can be to keep students engaged and motivated during what can
You’ve probably been there—faced with a preschooler whose caregivers are asking about R therapy or a high schooler with an established, distorted R. Maybe your
We want every student to be able to self-monitor their speech sound errors, right? In fact, I would argue that it’s an imperative skill for
There is a mountain of research that discusses the benefits of using biofeedback for residual errors such as the R sound. (Check out anything from
The r sound is one of the trickiest to teach in speech therapy. I find most of my students find success with retroflex R vs
At the beginning of every speech therapy relationship with a new “R Kid,” I work on anatomy. Why? Because R is so darn hard! When
Students working on the R sound need to know exactly what to do with their articulators during speech therapy. It’s such a complex phoneme! This
First things first, whether we are working on bunched R or retroflex R, we need to familiarize our students (and ourselves!) with the anatomy of
I’m a pediatric SLP who specializes in the R sound. Fun fact- I actually used to dread the R but after dedicating a lot (like… a lot a lot) of time to researching and troubleshooting… I now love it! So much, in fact, that I currently spend my days treating “R kids” via my private practice and creating R resources and continuing education for SLPs via Speechy Things. I’m so glad you found me! Let’s “Rock the R” together!
