Treating that Pesky Lisp!

Both frontal and lateral lisps are often very difficult to treat, even when the SLP has been practicing for a number of years. Specific oral-motor and speech production issues associated with lisps will be fully explained as related to strident sound productions. The relationship of tongue thrust with the frontal lisp will also be discussed. Learn a plethora of beneficial therapy techniques to finally remediate the persistent frontal, lateral or mixed lisp to help your clients improve their articulation skills.

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Presenters

Julie Hoffmann
M.A. CCC-SLP
Julie specializes in children with severe speech sound disorders including Childhood Apraxia of Speech, phonological disorder, dysarthria, lisps, and resistant to treatment sounds. She also treats children with language delays/disorders, fluency disorders, and using AAC devices (specifically LAMP). She has been on the faculty at Saint Louis University since 1994 and provides clinical instruction for diagnostics and therapy as well as teaches classes in Phonetics and Speech Sound Disorders. Julie has a private practice in Columbia, IL specializing in treating children with severe speech sound and language disorders. She has a passion for teaching and working with challenging clients and their families.

Learning Objectives

Describe specific oral-motor and speech production issues that cause lisps
Identify several effective therapy techniques to remediate lisps based on issues causing each client's lisp
Explain facilitation methods for improving strident sounds "s, z, sh, ch, j"
Describe the relationship between a tongue thrust and a frontal lisp

Agenda

15 minutes	Frontal & Lateral Lisp Descriptions
5 minutes	Tongue Thrust: Assessment; Relationship to Frontal Lisp
20 minutes	Therapy: Jaw Stability, Tongue Placement, Tongue-Jaw Differentiation Tasks
20 minutes	Facilitating “s, z, sh, ch, j”

Disclosures

Financial Disclosure	This webinar was funded by our sponsors, SLP Toolkit and SLP Now. Sponsors are not responsible for the content of this course nor does brIQht ideas endorse their products or services.
In-Kind Disclosure	brIQht ideas would like to thank the presenter of this course who has provided her speaking services at no charge.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate level, Professional Area, Professional Area