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Ideas for the fast talker

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Problem: You are working with a child who is hard to understand because he speaks too quickly.

Generally, my focus will be on clarity rather than rate. I’ll say, “It is important that you say all your sounds when you speak.” Then, I’ll demonstrate clear speech and unclear speech. Often, the rate automatically reduces when the child focuses on clearly articulating all sounds.

If you feel focusing on rate is what you would like to do, you can give out “speeding tickets” when he speaks too quickly. His goal will be to not get more than x number of tickets in a session in order to get a sticker or candy treat.

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Is the child talking too quickly or not speaking clearly?

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Problem: The child talks too quickly and is hard to understand in conversations.

Some children do not clearly articulate consonant sounds in conversation. This can make their speech sound excessively fast. In such a case, I would encourage clarity by telling her to, “Say all your sounds.” When a child focuses on saying sounds clearly, she will generally slow her speech down to do so. On the other hand, she may be talking too fast and, as a result, drops consonant or compromises consonant sounds. In this case, I would make some “speeding tickets.” I would tell her that when she talks too fast she is speeding. Explain that when cars go too fast, people get speeding tickets. When she speeds, she will get a speeding ticket. I like to have treats or stickers ready. If they stay under a certain number of speeding tickets, they get ___________ as a reward at the end of the session. If they go over, no reward.

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Articulation and speech that is too fast

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Re: He can repeat words that have any of the sounds already in his
inventory. He repeats them quickly and the same way each time. His rate of speech is on the fast side as well.

Because he can repeat words, try two word repetition tasks using the consonants in his repetoire: win ball, hi mom, high ball, we make and so on. For rate reduction you can try giving out speeding tickets. Demonstrate an appropriate rate and have him practice an appropriate rate by repeating what you say. Once he can do so consistently, tell him that when he talks too fast (demonstrate) he will get a speeding ticket. Getting a speeding ticket comes with a reminder from you to talk without speeding. I like to offer a treat or small reward at the end of each session. Thus, he has to get no more than _____ speeding tickets to earn a treat. Gradually reduce the number of speeding tickets he will need to earn a treat. I would work on rate apart from sound production. If there is no time in the session to focus on each separately, select only one as the goal for now.

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