Apraxia of Speech . Week 14 . "b" and "p"

SOUND: "p" and "b"
PRIMARY WORD(S): puppy, people, baby
ADDITIONAL WORD(S): Peep, beep, purple
HAND SIGNAL: "p" and "b" (buh) - with your palm facing you, tuck your thumb into your palm (so it's not visible to someone looking at you).  Place the tips of your fingers just above your top lip, and as you say "buh", fold your fingers over your thumb.

Ryder had Speech Therapy at Primary Children's this week.  Of his three therapies, he seems to often struggle most in this setting.  It's a combination of many factors (including being the only non-familiar setting (Early Intervention is done at home, private Speech Therapy is done at school) that cause Ryder to struggle; however, this week he did quite well.  He participated for nearly the whole 1/2 hour, but when he decided he was "all done", he was firm.

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Did you realize that as you speak you make "front" and "back" sounds, depending on the sound you are using?  Say "puh", "tuh", "buh", "duh".  Notice how those sounds come from the "front" of your mouth.  Now, say "c/kuh" and "guh".  These sounds are coming from the "back" of your mouth.  Words that combine "front" and "back" sounds are the last (typically) words a child with Apraxia of Speech is able to say correctly. 

Now that Patrick and I are also in Speech Therapy (with Ryder, not separately!), we both find ourselves noticing how words are pronounced.  Thinking twice before we "simplify" a word (green to "geen"), or pick between word options.

One-step-at-a-time.

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