Articulation Disorder

An articulation disorder is when a child has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly. This can be due to any of the following: placement, timing, pressure, speed, or flow of movement of the lips, tongue, or throat.

When an articulation error occurs, the child may substitute one sound for another. For example, they say, "wabbit" for "rabbit." Some children may omit sounds in the word. For example, they may say, "pay" for "play." Sounds can also be distorted and/or the child may add a sound into the word.

Some articulation errors are age-appropriate. Visit the website below to view a chart of speech sound development:

http://isd742.org/ecassessment/assets/SpeechSoundDevelopmentChart.pdf.

Here is a great site that explains how to target a specfic sound. This website also provides clip art and games to target articulation skills.

http://www.speechtx.com/articulation.htm

Which sound are you going to target with your child? Have you found any other resources that you would like to share?