You are correct that most children do outgrow a lisp because it is a developmental error. The best thing to do is model the correct phoneme (sound) productions and not over-correct them. I watched the YouTube video b/c I am a speech pathologist and I thought he did a very good job explaining. The most important thing to consider is when these sounds are developmentally appropriate. For example, I don't work on /s/ in a child in Kindergarten, unless they have already had therapy for other sounds. Then, I will work on the next sound b/c they are at risk for having additional speech sound errors. I think that some people don't know what sounds are developmentally appropriate. There is a variety of research done that is variable. I use a chart compiled from a variety of the previous research. I will try and post it here for you all to see if I can figure out how to do attachments :).
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You are correct that most children do outgrow a lisp because it is a developmental error. The best thing to do is model the correct phoneme (sound) productions and not over-correct them. I watched the YouTube video b/c I am a speech pathologist and I thought he did a very good job explaining. The most important thing to consider is when these sounds are developmentally appropriate. For example, I don't work on /s/ in a child in Kindergarten, unless they have already had therapy for other sounds. Then, I will work on the next sound b/c they are at risk for having additional speech sound errors. I think that some people don't know what sounds are developmentally appropriate. There is a variety of research done that is variable. I use a chart compiled from a variety of the previous research. I will try and post it here for you all to see if I can figure out how to do attachments :).
November 11, 2009 - 11:30pmThis Comment
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