Tyler Turtle and friends lead multisensory, systematic therapy activities for preschoolers with speech difficulties. The comprehensive program emphasizes sound sequencing and building sound and syllable complexity.
Experienced and beginning clinicians love the Easy Does It series for its:
detailed explanation of therapy techniques
systematic lesson plans
clear goals and objectives
student practice activities and materials
Easy Does It for Apraxia Preschool is for children who:
are nonverbal or have unintelligible speech with age-appropriate receptive skills
have inconsistent error patterns
don't show progress with traditional therapy approaches
demonstrate motor-planning deficits for speech
lose intelligibility at the sentence level
have increased errors when using complex phonetic combinations
The program is organized around six treatment levels or goals. Each treatment level is divided into sequential objectives. There are detailed, step-by-step therapy suggestions and activities for each objective. The treatment levels/goals are:
establish turn-taking and imitative behaviors
consistent production of vowel sounds and sequences, and isolated consonants
combine consonants and vowels to form syllables
produce one-syllable CVC words
produce multisyllabic words and use them in phrases
produce consonant blends in words and in phrases
The program uses multisensory teaching with action and play-based activities. The student activity pages can be copied. The reproducible pages include: picture cards, hand signal cards, worksheets, and activities featuring Tyler Turtle and friends.