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Speech-Language Pathologist
Erin Hopkins
CARROLL T OVERTON ELEMENTARY
Zip Code: 28144
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Welcome to my web page. The first quarter has already come and gone. The second quarter I will continue working with your child on their goals. Here are some tips for parents and family members when working with your student: 
Articulation:
To increase your child's articulation skills, here are some ideas to try: 
If your student is able to produce a sound in a word. Always make them do it. Do not let them go back to the wrong way of producing a sound. 
Have your student read aloud to you and correct speech errors. 
Remember, this is new for your student so remind him/her to say the words with the sounds slowly until it becomes easier for them.
You may need to break the word apart, seperating the speech sound from the rest of the word. Example: see=sssssss eeeee or spill-sssssss pill. 
When you talk to your student, speak at a slower rate so that they will hear all the sounds in the words.
Here are some cues (reminders) for commonly misarticulated speech sounds"
s-teeth together with tongue behind teeth (don't let the lion out of the cage)
th-tongue between teeth
f-gently bite your bottom lip and blow
l- mouth open slightly, tongue behind upper teeth
r-tongue far back, raised up, and tensed or start with l then slide tongue back (like you are scraping peanut butter off the roof of your mouth) 
Language:
To increase your child's language skills, here are some ideas to try: 
Have your student start a journal. Check it daily for mistakes and sit down together and correct those mistakes. 
Write letters or emails to each other. Send your child an email with a questions and then let them give you a response and then he/she can send you an email/letter with a question. Again, check it for mistakes in meaning and grammar.
Always make your student respond in a complete and grammatical sentence. I want a sandwich for dinner, instead of sandwich. 
Correct your student when he/she makes a mistake by stopping them, modeling the correct way to say the sentence, then make them say the sentence.
As always, reading with your student will make a great difference in their language and academic skills. Make sure to ask them questions about the book, tell the characters, main idea, and setting, and retell the story. <
Have your child tell a made-up or true story. 
Fluency:
To increase your student's fluency skills (decrease stuttering) have your student use the following strategies:
Slow Down rate of speech
Take a deep breath
Start over.
If you have any questions please call me at the school at 639-3000.  My mail box number is 234.


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