/r/ Production and Remediation

Question 1

What are the 2 ways to produce /r/?

Answer 1

Retroflexed and bunched

Question 2

Which method is easier to teach?

Answer 2

Retroflexed easier to teach but bunched easier in connected speech

Question 3

What is the best way to start the session for /r/ remediation?

Answer 3

Auditory bombardment

• also beneficial to link /r/ to print
• metaphonological awareness activities (rhyming, sound blending)
• writing/coloring

Question 4

What position to teach /r/ in first?

Answer 4

• Vocalic

- followed by consonantal (save /r/ blends for later)

Question 5

Examples of oral motor exercises for /r/

Answer 5

• lick cake gel off tongue depressor
• lick something off the hard palate
• holding straw horizontally between front molars, lifting tongue blade to bend straw
• drink thick liquid out of a straw (pudding, etc)

Question 6

Successive approximation ideas for /r/

Answer 6

• /k-k-k-k-k-k-/ as fast as possible, then prolong /k/
• use /ng/ “thingggrock”
• growling sounds

Question 7

What is the most important part of /r/ remediation?

Answer 7

Practice!