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Simply click on the companion app and locate the Soundflower icon, then select the 2ch version and choose where you wish the audio content to be played. This is pretty simply to do once you know how. Turn the volume on your computer up to maximum and locate System Preferences, then Sound and the Output tab and select the programme as the output.

Next, open the AU Lab document and select the same option as your input. The input and output need to be set to run through the programme to ensure that sound is being received. This programme really comes into its own when conducting interviews as both the voice of the interviewer and the voice of the interviewee can be heard and recorded.

This is much more convenient than programmes such as Skype, which only allow you record one side of the conversation. A number of changes have been made in the latest release to fix certain issues such as making the volume controls logarithmic and making it easy to uninstall script fixes on Lion. People who experienced installation problems with SoundflowerBed will also be pleased to discover that the issue has not been resolved. The programme is fully compatible with QuickTime Player and QuickTime can be configured with ease if necessary.

To configure QuickTime, simply choose File and New Audio Recording and then click on the upside down triangle that can be found to the right of the Record button. The programme comes with two different versions, 2ch and 64ch. As the name suggests, 2ch is 2 Channel Interface, while the other version is 64 Channel Interface.

I intentionally designed this screener to be simple and easy to use for both parents and SLPs. With this screener you will be able to test the consonant sounds and consonant blends in the English language. This screener does not test the vowels or sort errors by phonological processes. This screener is paper based and can be printed for personal use. It comes with 5 free tests and has video tutorials showing you how to use the app properly. Before you begin, look over the Articulation Screener.

There are 5 pages all together. Page 1 is the information and instructions page. Pages include all the different sounds that will be tested. You can download the screener here or by clicking the red download button below.

In the header of each of the sound boxes you will find the age at which most children have mastered that sound. You will also find a target word with that sound in it in the initial position beginning of the word , a target word with that sound in the medial position middle of the word and a target word with that sound in the final position end of the word.

Each of these target words are important because they help us determine if the target sound is said accurately in all word positions. Each word has a scoring box to the left of the word.

The red scoring box indicates that we are testing the sound in the initial position of the word. The blue scoring box indicates we are testing the sound in the medial position of the word. The green scoring box indicates we are testing the sound in the final position of the word.

All you need now is a copy of the screener, a pencil, your child and maybe a few reinforcements mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, raisins or whatever will work to keep your kids interested. Place the first page of images in front of the child you are testing then refer to the first sound box on the screener the P Sound. If the child says it correctly we mark the box with a check mark. If the child says it incorrectly we place an X in the box. When the sound is said incorrectly you may want to write how the word was said incorrectly.

By doing this we can get more information about the kind of errors the child is making. Next point to the word apple. Often times a child can say a word more clearly in direct imitation than they can say it in spontaneous speech. That is why to accurately understand which sounds they can or cannot say we should avoid direct imitation of the target words.

This indicates that the same word will be used to test different sounds that appear later in the screener. This is the case whenever the same word is used to test different sounds in the screener. To save time you may score these words that appear multiple times, at the same time, or just have the child repeat the word again when you get to that word later in the screener.

You may also look back through the screener and see which sounds the child you have tested needs work on. You may see that there are certain sounds the child cannot say at all, or you may find that the child is not saying multiple sounds in a certain sound position.

If you need tips on how to teach specific sounds you can find them here on Mommy Speech Therapy among my posts on how to teach specific sounds. You can also find worksheets for practicing sounds on my worksheets page or you can download Articulation Station on your iPad for lots of fun, interactive activities for teaching articulation in all 22 sounds. Plus you get 5 FREE screeners when you download it and the flashcards use real photographs that are clear and so much easier to identify for the kids.

As an Australian student currently enrolled in a Master of Speech and Language Pathology program, your website is just fantastic!

Your worksheets are particularly inspirational for someone just beginning their SLP career! Do you use a particular program to create them? I use Boardmaker from Mayer Johnson for all of my worksheets. It has been very useful. We adopted him from China 9 months ago, and he is doing really well learning English. When would you expect him to be on par with kids his age? Thanks for you help, Rochelle. After looking at your worksheets I think I can create something similar on those sounds although not as pretty!

Thank you! I am hoping to have some worksheets up soon for the r blends. In the meantime I am confident yours will just as good!

Regards Linda. However, I can say confidently that I would expect a delay given the brief history you have shared with me. How long it will take him to catch up to the kids his age is also difficult to predict without knowing him and knowing the treatment plan you have set up for him. It does sound like you are on the right track and making steady improvement.

Just keep doing what you are doing and I am sure before long you will look back and be amazed at how far he has come. I love your clear, concise explanations and parent friendly information! And I am planning on doing an additional blog about your website on communicationstationspeechtx.

Hopefully it will help you reach even more parents! Again thanks for the wonderful parent-friendly resources!!!! Thanks Maria! Thank you for sharing mommy speech therapy on your FB page as well! The more we share with each other the better we can serve each other. Thank you for contributing to our community with your blog communicationstationspeechtx. Hi Heidi!

I wish I had seen it when I was working:! For example, if a sound is usually mastered by 2 years old, is that 24 months specifically or is it more general and just means sometime during the age of 2 yrs months?

That is very good question. If it says mastered around 2 years old it does not mean 24 months specifically. It means, like you said, that the sound is typically mastered sometime between months. I have not included the exact ages of mastery since the age varies depending on the position of the word the sound is said in. Even still the exact age of mastery is highly variable depending on which research study you are referring to.

I prefer this set of norms because they are based on the most recent research that I am aware of in sound acquisition. A private school in the area wants to contract with me for speech services. Like yesterday! Do you know where I can find some sample contracts?

I have no idea how to write one. I really like the outline on eHow on how to write a Speech Therapist Contract. I hope it helps! Hi Heidi, thank you for sharing this screener, it is extremely useful.

Will definitely follow your posts in future. I cannot explain the relief and joy it is to find your blog! With 3 wonderful boys, 2, 4, and 6 yrs. He is developing, and I just printed your Articulation Screener and look forward to doing it with him. I am about to cry I am so grateful and pleased with your professional, grounded, and helpful information.

Thank you Heidi! I'm one of your biggest fans. Thank you CC! And I am a big fan of yours as well! Maybe one day we could meet in person.

Hi thanks for all your valuable info. I need some advice — we are in UK and my son is a few weeks off 7. He has just seen a speech therapist who concludes that he says all of his sounds correctly so does not require any therapy. However his individual speech has never been a problem but when he is in conversation and speaking in sentences he mispronounces sounds frequently and is sometimes difficult to understand my ourselves and others.

His teacher agrees. He is a thumb sucker at night only. I also notice sometimes he hardly moves his mouth when speaking. Have you any advice to improve his speech?

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