Q: I have a four-year-old male client whose only consonant is D. He says “telephone” as “Deh-duh-doh.” How do I teach him other phonemes? Therapists use a wide variety of methods to stimulate new phonemes. I have summarized them in an article published by the Oral Motor Institute (Marshalla, 2008). I also have put this information into my newest seminar, titled “21st Century Articulation Therapy.” It also will appear in my next book to be called “The Marshalla Guide to…
Big Ideas for Teaching Phonemes
By Pam Marshalla