Carryover/Home Practice
Speech once or twice a week isn’t going to build that new habit for motor learning for our kiddos. We need to get that movement consistent and on “autopilot” ! This is why pratice is so important. If I were to shoot baskets in my driveway for 1 hr a week, I would not get that movement of shooting a basket as a motor plan very well. But if I did that EVERY DAY, even if it was just a five minutes, I’d have a much better chance. Sand timers are a great visual for kids to use and see how long they are practicing their sounds (practicing the sound the right way) and they are often available in big packs online. I love 💕giving timers to my families to put in their "speech practice bins" for carryover practice. These timers 🕛 are 2 minutes - TWO MINUTES OF PRACTICE EVERY NIGHT! That is a lot of sound repetition!
For a sound practice bin, I provide the parent with a session that includes us practicing all together and trying different creative ways of getting practice in. Then, I make sure our kiddo has cards, practice words sheets, a timer, and a tracking chart!
Let the research back it up! 👉 Practice and parent training is essential for carryover and generalization!
Sommers et al suggested that more rapid improvement in articulation may occur when parents are involved.
Sommers demonstrated that subjects whose mothers were trained to assist in the correction of misarticulations made significantly greater improvement than subjects whose mothers were not trained.
According to Maas et al, “variable practice is likely to enhance transfer. Variable practice can be achieved at different levels, such as by changing the elicitation cue (e.g., orthographic vs. picture stimuli), changing speech rate or loudness or pitch level of targets, changing carrier phrases, or changing the setting (e.g., clinic room vs. cafeteria). Such variations may also reduce tedium associated with drill practice and thus increase motivation.” (see article link in this blog post)
❓How do you like to do carryover practice with your kiddos and families?
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/49f5/060b40cb4980e58e712e874497a1c33a3762.pdf