Parent’s Guide to Modeling Language - Language Therapy - Cumming, Georgia
Posted on March 29, 2009
From My Lips to Yours
A Parent’s Guide to Modeling Language
“Polly want a cracker?” is language modeling in its simplest terms. When a parrot hears a human voice repeating the same thing over and over again, chances are they will utter the phrase — often when you least expect it. Language modeling refers to stating or restating sentences. Modeling is used to expose correct grammatical structures without requesting imitation.
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Cumming, Atlanta Georgia - Speech Therapy - Understanding Lisping in Children
Posted on March 29, 2009
A Lithp is Just a Lisp!
Understanding Lisping in Children By Mindy Hudon, M.S., CCC-SLP
When I was a kid, the first thing I would do on a Saturday morning was rush downstairs and watch Bugs Bunny cartoons. I loved how Bugs, Daffy and the gang played tricks on one another, told silly jokes and most of all how they talked. I remember how I burst into uncontrollable laughter when Daffy would spit when he spoke or how Sylvester said, “thuffering thuckatash.” Today, when I hear, “I thaw a puthy cat outthide,” I no longer laugh, because those words are usually coming from one of my clients.
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