Bondar Speech

02/05/2025

🌟 Introducing Our Mini Course: "Connection and Cooperation—Secrets to Motivating Your Client in Apraxia Therapy"! 🌟

Are you struggling to keep your clients motivated and engaged during apraxia therapy? You’re not alone! I’ve heard this question countless times—whether it’s through DMs, emails, or during my mentorship meetings for the *Treatment of Apraxia* course.

That’s why I’m thrilled to bring you this mini course packed with practical tips and proven strategies to boost your client’s attention and motivation. With these techniques, you’ll see improved cooperation and lots more practice of those critical target words!

💡 Ready to transform your therapy sessions? Join me and discover how to unlock the secrets to connection and cooperation in apraxia therapy! 🗝️

Comment MINI to get the link to the sales page. Early bird special available until February 15, 2025 so don’t wait.

09/12/2024

Providing about the child’s movements and production of the target word, helps shape it to an accurate production.

Before we get into it 📌SAVE for future session planning and follow for more apraxia therapy tips

👄 Knowledge of performance provides specific information about the oral movements the child produced or how they produced the target sounds, i.e. “you rounded your lips” or “you forgot your snake sound”. It is necessary to help the child acquire the motor plan.

🧒🏻 Once the child is generally producing the sounds and movements with greater accuracy, it’s important to fade specific feedback and give more general feedback so that the child does not rely on cues. This is called knowledge of results.

👧🏻 Knowledge of results gives the child general feedback about whether or not the movements and / or word is produced correctly. This means saying, “that’s right” “yes” or “I heard__”

❓Are you familiar with these types of feedback? Any questions? Ask in the comments

Comment FEEDBACK for a link to a blog post with links to therapy videos demonstrating use of feedback in

09/06/2024

I am always asked how to start when a child has little or no sounds.

First….SAVE 📌 this post for future reference and follow for more apraxia tips.

Increasing sound production and sound imitation is a pre-cursor for apraxia therapy. 

Modeling sound effects and engaging the child in play with sounds effects is a very effective way to increase

Sound effects are:
* vowel rich, which children attend to
* fun and engaging
* easy to work into play activities
* encourage speech sound production

Comment “SOUND” to receive a free handout with activities and tips to work on increasing sound production in your speech / apraxia therapy sessions.

08/14/2024

Children with motor speech disorders can benefit greatly from using augmentative communication devices to enhance their communication skills.

Recently, I started working with a 4-year-old autistic boy who had no verbal communication skills and didn’t have an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. My first step was to acquire a speech generating device (SGD) to assist him in expressing his needs. Mastering the use of an SGD is a gradual process that requires patience.

By modeling extensively and incorporating enjoyable activities, he has started navigating through some pages and locating icons independently.

Witnessing him communicate independently with the SGD brings me immense joy.

I have always been a strong advocate for my clients’ use of AAC devices. While I have been part of therapy teams that have obtained devices for children in the past, this was the first time I took the lead in initiating and managing all the paperwork to secure an SGD.

I recently took an excellent course from titled AAC in Early Intervention. This course includes a detailed workbook with valuable handouts to facilitate discussions with parents and other professionals. The handouts will help you dispel the myths and educate them about the benefits of AAC.

Comment AAC for more information about using AAC in apraxia therapy and for a link to this fantastic course. Use code BONDAR for $15 off the course until Friday August 16, 2024

08/07/2024

08/02/2024

Does your child / client finish words that you want them to imitate, instead of imitating the full word?

I call them “word finishers”. No, it’s not a clinical term and we all know children like this. The child needs cues to produce all the sounds in the word.

I use forward chaining, simultaneous production and slow rate.

Practice the first sound in the word several times. Then have the child say it together with you using a slow rate to move the child from the beginning sounds to the final sounds. This helps the child plan and program the movement sequence which is the primary deficit in childhood apraxia of speech.

Do you use chaining in your therapy sessions? Drop a ⛓️.

Comment CHAIN to receive a link to a blog post with more information about how to use chaining in your apraxia therapy sessions. There are links to two therapy videos demonstrating this technique.

07/30/2024

🤗Excited to share that I am guest speaking inside the ChattED speech membership.

I am presenting on my favorite topic, Understanding Vowel Errors in Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

This presentation will have audience participation which will help you understand how vowels impact speech intelligibility. The presentation will include many therapy videos to show you the various Multisensory Cueing techniques.

📅 Tuesday August 6, 2024
⏰ 7:30 am PST / 9:30 am CST / 10:30 am EST

Grab your coffee and your most comfy clothes and get ready to have fun and learn together. Comment CHAT to get more information about the ChattEd membership.

07/24/2024

Children with CAS often struggle to vary their intonation patterns and produce natural sounding speech. Varying the prosody is another level of motor planning skill and often needs to be taught in apraxia therapy.

Once the child is able to produce a word, we work on varying the intonation pattern.  We have the child produce the word with various pitch and loudness levels. 

Comment the word PROSODY to receive a link to a blog post with more information about prosody. There will also be a link to receive a free DTTC hierarchy chart created by the NYU motor speech team and links to therapy videos working on prosody.

07/22/2024

Are you curious about how you can help your speech clients with reading?

Join and LIVE to learn about the connection between phonological awareness skills and reading skills. Learn how you can support your client with speech sound disorders by working on phonological awareness skills.

The LIVE will take place on Tuesday July 23rd at 8:30 PM EST.

Have questions about reading / phonological awareness skills? Ask in the comments.

➡️ Follow to learn all about becoming a reading slp. ➡️ Follow to learn all about childhood apraxia of speech.

07/16/2024

Children love to play!

So what better way to engage them in motor speech practice then to let them play!!

In Apraxia therapy, it is crucial to learn to use toys and other resources EFFECTIVELY to elicit your target words.

But not all toys are created equal. Certain toys are more impactful for Apraxia therapy, while others are best saved for language sessions.

Choosing the right toys and aligning them with the right sounds can be a time-consuming struggle! So that’s why I created the Toys and Tools in Apraxia course.

What’s included:

* Gain entry to a comprehensive power word resource featuring a collection of my top toys and resources, organized by sound and commonly targeted words.

* The resource helps you choose power words for all the vowels which we frequently work on in apraxia therapy. Of course, consonants are included too!

* Watch over 20 video demonstrations to witness therapy techniques firsthand.

* Bonus videos are posted regularly in the Facebook group and on the course portal.

Comment TOOLS to get a link with more information and all the exciting details about the Toys and Tools in Apraxia Therapy course!

Use coupon code TOYS for 10% off until 07/22/24

07/09/2024

Did you miss the LIVE?

This LIVE covered our three important tips (there were definitely more 🤭) for treating childhood apraxia of speech!

Don’t worry, we’ve got a link for you!

Comment LIVE to get the link to video and learn lots of tips for treating CAS.

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06/16/2024

What if you could effectively support your child with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (or suspected CAS) by taking a one-time, 3-hour course? 

With C.A.S. Roadmap for Parents – you can 🎉

Before I get into it, please support this post by hitting the “like” button and share with others.

Although the course does not replace speech therapy, it equips you with the necessary knowledge to assist your child in improving their motor planning skills.

The course is divided into concise lessons for convenient viewing, and with lifetime access, you can review and rewatch the content at your own speed.

If you’re looking for less frustration and better communication... this is the course for you!

Comment the word “ROADMAP” for all the course information.