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Lisp Speech Therapy | Articulation Therapy

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Articulation Therapy for S Your student has an interdental lisp - or maybe a lateral lisp - and you're feeling stuck. This feeling is something I came across often in my speech therapy sessions. One day, I decided it was time to do something about it. I wanted to correct those lisps. I'm somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to articulation therapy . I can't help it. I get so, so excited when my students make progress! Orofacial Myology Alright, I took CEU courses. I was trying, y'all. I really, really wanted to help my students out. I tried these straightforward approaches- I sometimes saw results, and sometimes I didn't. "Hide your tongue," I'd tell my student. Distorted /s/. So not cool. "Okay, say the word "sun", but say it like this: th un." Well, that did help the airflow (no longer lateralized), so progress was being made! That was seriously helpful, but I wanted a little more structure to my approach. Google is my frie