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Posted by dawnslp As far as teaching /s/ (you will only work on /s/ blends when using cycles, but you will have carry over to singleton /s/) you will just teach it with the tip down behind the bottom teeth. As a former speech student, with a lisp, that is how I was taught and how I teach others. As far as /t/, 'sh' and 'ch', you don't really need teeth to make those sounds. Your tongue needs to be at the alveolar ridge for /t/. For 'sh', you make the constriction at the palate and you need the tongue and alveolar ridge for 'ch'(but you do a /t/ sound first since 'ch' is really /t/ + 'sh'). Where I live, many kids do not have their top 4 teeth due to bottle decay. It's very common and we still have great success in therapy.
on 11/2/2006, 6:50 pm, in reply to "missing front teeth"
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If they are hard to understand, yes I would work with them and I would use Cycles. Click my screen name above to get my email address and I will send you an outline on the approach.
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Thank you for sharing!