OPT-S : Articulation Card Set

Product Description

Oral Placement to Speech Kit (OPT-S) by Robyn Merkel-Walsh and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, is an innovative articulation program designed to translate muscle movements (from the Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy hierarchies) into speech sound production. This program was designed specifically for individuals with MUSCLE-based speech disorders, such as low tone and dysrthria.

Our card set is uniquely based on jaw transitions and the complexity of articulatory place shifts within words. Included in Kit No 1 are the early developing phonemes m-b-p (bilabials), t-d-n (tongue retraction with tip elevation), k-g ad h (velars) and w (lip rounding). The sounds are combined with an array of vowels in CV and CVC combinations Each card set is divided into easy, moderate and difficult words based on transitions of the jaw, between the consonant-vowel and the vowel-consonant combinations.

With each set we also have included Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson’s outlined OPT Activities to help you transition muscle movemet into improved speech clarity.

OPT-S allows therapists to select words for practice based on phonemes and/or complexity.

185 cards are included along with detailed instructions for developing your client’s individualized articulation program