Re: Straight Talk by Marisa Lapish

[Guest guest]

I got it for my daughter when she was 4, as they told me she did not

qualify for services, though her speech was in the 2nd percentile for

her age range... (crazy, right?) So, I used this book... It was book

1. Basically, all it is is a general guide to help you see which

sounds your child needs help producing. My daughter had about 6

consistant sounds that she could make... I used this for about 9

months, and she had all of them down by the end of the 9 months...

she is 7 now, and still has trouble with Y if there are L sounds in

the word (yellow-lellow)... she sometimes gets tongue tied with D-G

words like dog will come out dod the first time...but, other than

that, it helped her speech production immensely.

As for sentences, not so much. It does not have any oral motor

exercises, if I remember correctly. We liked the Easy Does It books

(linguisystems) when she got bored with this. The drawings are VERY

basic. The Linguisystems books are a little more interesting to look

at... Though, the Straight Talk manual actually has a diagnostics

section to help you pinpoint which sounds you need to work on. (It

seems like it would be a no brainer, but I actually found that my

daughter had less sounds at the beginning than I thought. They go

from sounds to words, etc...

If you are focusing on sounds, then book 1 will

work great... if you are looking for how to correctly form sentences,

# 1 is too basic for you. Looks like #2 is more along the lines of

what I need now... Thanks for reminding me about this, as I will

(now) be using Book 2 over the summer with my daughter.

Aubrey

>

> Has anyone used this book/manual to work with their child at home?

It

is evidently a " speech

> therapy " manual for parents to use at home with their child. A lot

of parent who homeschool

> use it (or at least that is what I am told.) I have a 7-year-old

who

has had therapy for years,

> but still needs help with articulation. I am wondering if this

book

would be appropriate for

> working at home, or whether it would be too basic.

>

[Guest guest]

Aubrey,

Thanks so much for the input -- ot was really helpful!

>

> I got it for my daughter when she was 4, as they told me she did not

> qualify for services, though her speech was in the 2nd percentile for

> her age range... (crazy, right?) So, I used this book... It was book

> 1. Basically, all it is is a general guide to help you see which

> sounds your child needs help producing. My daughter had about 6

> consistant sounds that she could make... I used this for about 9

> months, and she had all of them down by the end of the 9 months...

> she is 7 now, and still has trouble with Y if there are L sounds in

> the word (yellow-lellow)... she sometimes gets tongue tied with D-G

> words like dog will come out dod the first time...but, other than

> that, it helped her speech production immensely.

>

> As for sentences, not so much. It does not have any oral motor

> exercises, if I remember correctly. We liked the Easy Does It books

> (linguisystems) when she got bored with this. The drawings are VERY

> basic. The Linguisystems books are a little more interesting to look

> at... Though, the Straight Talk manual actually has a diagnostics

> section to help you pinpoint which sounds you need to work on. (It

> seems like it would be a no brainer, but I actually found that my

> daughter had less sounds at the beginning than I thought. They go

> from sounds to words, etc...

>

> If you are focusing on sounds, then book 1 will

> work great... if you are looking for how to correctly form sentences,

> # 1 is too basic for you. Looks like #2 is more along the lines of

> what I need now... Thanks for reminding me about this, as I will

> (now) be using Book 2 over the summer with my daughter.

>

>

> Aubrey

>

> >

> > Has anyone used this book/manual to work with their child at home?

> It

> is evidently a " speech

> > therapy " manual for parents to use at home with their child. A lot

> of parent who homeschool

> > use it (or at least that is what I am told.) I have a 7-year-old

> who

> has had therapy for years,

> > but still needs help with articulation. I am wondering if this

> book

> would be appropriate for

> > working at home, or whether it would be too basic.

> >

>