Leap Speech

A combination of two great products for classifying the 4 communication functions. I use the blank one during language samples and for weekly data collection, and the one with info on it for describing this concept to parents. I find it useful for early intervention, gestalt language processing, autism, and early childhood apraxia.

Helpful handout to explain the complexity approach to parents (and ourselves!) I use this when I need a refresher to guide which sounds I should be targeting for my clients with phonological sound errors. I like the waterfall analogy because it's one of the few things in nature where we start at the top to create change towards the bottom!

Looking for an easy way to show parents the importance of prelinguistic skills? I created this apple tree to explain the foundational skills for language development in 0-3 year olds. Discussing this with parents has helped them celebrate the little wins. It's not always about the apples! We celebrate the roots too!

Organizer for the 4 communication functions (labels, protests, comments, and requests). I use this with my expressive language delay, autism, AAC, and gestalt language clients to categorize each of their utterances during language samples and during our regular sessions.