Bondar Speech

Pediatric speech therapy. Specializing in apraxia, and other speech sound disorders.

05/05/2026

Variable practice helps children with all speech sound disorders to generalize the target words. Learn more about variable practice and principles of motor learning ➡️ https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/principles-of-motor-learning

04/30/2026

Variable practice is key for generalization in apraxia therapy! ✨

Here's how some ideas for including variability in your apraxia practice.
😊 Vary prosody (intonation, stress, rhythm)�😊 Use words with different syllable shapes�😊 Practice more than one word or phrase within a block.

🌟 Bonus tip: Variability helps reduce overgeneralization!

Here is more information about using principles of motor learning in your speech sound disorder sessions. https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/principles-of-motor-learning

04/28/2026

There is no downside to using principles of motor learning. Many therapists get stuck with the fact that they cannot make a definitive diagnosis of CAS and therefore continue doing the treatment that is not successful. I have a mini course for $29 that will explain in detail my clinical decision making process for diagnosing suspected apraxia of speech. https://www.bondarspeech.com/offers/rQ8ej6QJ

04/27/2026

🌀 Struggling in apraxia therapy? Here's what to watch for! 🌀

Working on movement is the foundation of apraxia therapy.

🧒🏻 When children understand movement-based directions, it helps them acquire new motor plans.

👄 For vowel distortions, focus on movement:�➡️ Opening the mouth too wide or not wide enough can distort the sound.�➡️ Insufficient lip rounding or retraction can also impact vowel clarity.
➡️ Child omits the final sound? Work on the movement for the final sound and then use chaining to connect it

🫦 Segmentation happens when a child doesn’t stay in the movement long enough before transitioning to the next sound.

https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/it's%20all%20about%20the%20movement

04/22/2026

https://hi www.bondarspeech.com/blog/multisensory-cueing

04/21/2026

Want more reps in your apraxia speech therapy sessions? Hiding toys are a total game changer. Kids LOVE the surprise factor and when they're engaged, you get their attention and repetitions.
POWER WORDS: OPEN, HIDE, BYE, HIS, IN OUT, CLOSE, SLEEP, AWAY....

You can hide it in one hand, choose between hands or the child hides it in their hands. Learn more about toys in speech / apraxia therapy ➡️ https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/my-favorite-toys-for-apraxia-therapy

04/20/2026

Final P can be tricky to teach because we need to avoid the "schwa" sound, which is an "uh" sound. Using a cue that demonstrates to the child that it is an airy sound will facilitate correct production. Read more about speech sound cues ➡️ https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/how-i-use-speech-sound-cue-cards-in-apraxia-therapy

04/15/2026

Struggling to help your speech / apraxia clients produce initial and final sounds? Try this motor speech cueing technique!

In this apraxia parent training session, I am teaching the parent to work on the word “eat”. The child can produce both sounds in the word but omits the final sound.

I suggested that the mom use forward chaining.

Steps for Backward & Forward Chaining:�1️⃣ Pull the error sound out.�2️⃣ Have the child repeat it correctly a few times.�3️⃣ Put the sound back into the word and use simultaneous production to chain the word back together.

Read more here ➡️ https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/what-is-forward-and-backward-chaining-how-do-we-use-it-in-apraxia-therapy

04/13/2026

Conversations with my little clients can be so funny. These conversations can give me insight as to how much the child understands about the production of his target sound and how he produces the sound in conversation.

04/12/2026

Practicing varied Prosody isn’t optional in apraxia therapy — it’s essential at every level of the DTTC hierarchy!

🧠 Dr. Edythe Strand said: “When you change the prosody, you change the specifications of the motor parameters.” That means a new motor plan — 💋 more lip pressure, 🗣️ different jaw height, 🎶 longer vowels… it all matters.

We don’t speak in a monotone in real life, and our clients shouldn’t practice that way either. ✔️

✨ Add varied intonation patterns at every level of DTTC — not just at the end!

NOTE: children with co-morbidities may have more difficulty with this step. Model and try to elicit imitation but don’t worry if it takes the child more time to learn this skill.

👇 Do YOU target prosody in your apraxia sessions? Let’s talk about it.

➡️ https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/What%20is%20Prosody%20of%20Speech%20in%20Apraxia%20Therapy�📖 A free blog post�📊 Link to a DTTC hierarchy chart by +
📰 Link to a research article to explain DTTC

04/07/2026

Vowel distortions are a more discriminative characteristic of CAS. Look at the movement and cue the child to produce the movement differently. The vowels that are close in movement may be tricky to understand. Learn more about vowel distortions ➡️ https://www.bondarspeech.com/blog/vowels-distortions-in-childhood-apraxia-of-speech

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