Speech Language Pathology Resources

Randomized Home Practice Sheets

This packet includes a variety of home practice options to facilitate generalization. Research from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA National Outcomes Measurement System, 2005) revealed that children who practice at home benefit greatly. They found that children who complete homework improved significantly more than children who did not complete homework. Therefore, speech-language pathologists should provide home practice that aligns with best practices.

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Randomized Activity Cards

This document includes cards for you to print out to randomize activities for your students.

According to motor learning theory, there are three phases of acquisition: 1. pre-practice/placement (when the child learns how to produce the sound in isolation and syllables until 80% accuracy), 2. practice (when the child practices at different levels of difficulty - sounds, syllables, words, phrases, sentences and conversation - in varied activities), and 3. generalization (Skelton, 2004). Randomized practice has been shown to facilitate retention and generalization of sounds (Skelton, 2005). Furthermore, this approach advocates that practice should consist of connected, meaningful speech because that is how we actually communicate. Hoffman and Norris (2005) suggested that intervention that is independent of communication (i.e. drill only) often results in the child defaulting to the old motor pattern of speech during actual communication. This would, of course, inhibit generalization and extend treatment time.

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Free Downloadable Resources

Motor Learning Resources (Phonetic)

Complexity Approach Resources (Phonemic)

Presentation Resources: ASHA and others

San Diego Unified School District Speech Improvement Class Resources and Procedural Documents

Best Practice Summaries for Phonology and Articulation

Case Studies

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