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Improve /r/ Sound Clarity in Children

The document outlines a speech therapy plan for a child named Alishba, who has difficulty producing the /r/ sound, substituting it with the /l/ sound. The plan includes teaching tongue position, sound elicitation methods, practice levels from sound to sentence, and special focus on /r/ with other sounds. It also suggests using word pairs to emphasize the difference between /r/ and /l/ sounds.

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Improve /r/ Sound Clarity in Children

The document outlines a speech therapy plan for a child named Alishba, who has difficulty producing the /r/ sound, substituting it with the /l/ sound. The plan includes teaching tongue position, sound elicitation methods, practice levels from sound to sentence, and special focus on /r/ with other sounds. It also suggests using word pairs to emphasize the difference between /r/ and /l/ sounds.

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Name: Alishba.

Concerns:Difficulty producing the /r/ sound and substitute it with /l/ sound in words or sentence
reducing speech clarity.
Plan:
1 Teach Tongue Position (Very Important)

Lips: slightly rounded


Teeth: slightly apart
Tongue:
Lift the back of the tongue up
Do NOT touch the roof of the mouth
Tongue sides touch upper back teeth
Tongue tip stays low or slightly back
Use a mirror so the child can see

2. Sound Elicitation (Getting the /r/ sound)


Method 1: Growl Method
Ask the child to:
Say “grrr” like an animal
Hold the sound: rrrrr

Method 2: From “uh”


Say “uh”
Slowly pull the tongue back
Turn it into “rrrr

3. Practice Levels.
a) Sound Level
rrrrr
short, strong /r/

b) Syllable Level
ra, re, ri, ro, ru
ar, er, ir, or, ur

c) Word Level
Initial R
red, rat, ring, road, rain

Medial R
carrot, mirror, orange

Final R
car, star, tiger

4 Special Focus: R with Other Sound


br (bread)
tr (tree)
gr (green)
cr (crow)

Practice slowly:
b–r–bread, t–r–tree

5. Sentence Practice
The red rose is beautiful.
I see a green tree.
The car is fast.
The rabbit lives in the burrow
The road is narrow

Use word pairs to highlight difference between/r/ and /l/ sounds


rice – lice
road – load
right – light
red – led.

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