Adding Tools to the R Toolbox

It’s no secret that phonemic awareness plays a huge part in our clients’ success in both articulation and language. But what you may not know is just how specific and demanding the criteria for mastering phonemic awareness is. Typical assessments and programs don’t teach phonemic awareness in a way for our clients to reach the same level as their peers, and they may end up struggling for years to master speech and language skills. 

Dr. David Kilpatrick explores this topic in depth in his book Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties. https://equippedforreadingsuccess.com/shop/ . He has also written a Manual to implement his phonemic awareness approach, Equipped for Reading Success. Since I have been using his approach I have seen “stuck” clients get unstuck and make great progress. 

In today’s podcast we talk about how phonemic awareness helped a couple of clients finally master the tricky R sound!

In case you don’t have time right now to dive into Dr. Kilpatrick’s books, I’ve made this Simple Tools video to get you started. 

Parents can do this too! This is a great way for parents to get involved in their child’s therapy, and the video is for them as well as speech language pathologists. 

As a final bonus, while I highly recommend the Equipped for Reading Success manual, I understand you may not want to invest in it until you see some proof. Dr. Kilpatick has made the original material that was part the U.S government studies on phonemic awareness available, since it is copyright free. This is the material Equipped for Reading Success is based on. The material is not as complete as what you will find in the manual, but it can be a great place to start. You can find that phonemic awareness material on https://www.slpproadvisor.com/  in my free resource library.