The first thing I did with Rebecca was collect a sample of which words and sounds caused her to lisp. I found that Rebecca had a lateral lisp on th...

Since I was unable to come up with any good productions during the sample, I moved on to describing to Rebecca where she should put her tongue for...

The next approach I tried with Rebecca was the one that ended up being the most helpful for her. For this step, I looked for other sounds that Rebe...

Now that we had established one context in which she could produce /s/ correctly (“tssss”), it was time to start putting that sound in some words....

After practicing the /ts/ sound combination for several weeks, we began to work toward getting the /s/ separated from the /t/. We practiced by havi...

Now that Rebecca was able to produce /s/ in all word positions and in blends, we were ready to start saying the sound correctly in sentences. I wou...

Once the child you’re working with is able to produce that first sound correctly in sentences and possibly conversation, you’ll want to go back and...

These are the techniques that worked for me with this child. But what techniques have worked for you? I know that getting that position correct for...