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Myo Program for CP Articulation

Posted by Administrator | Filed under Therapists | May 19, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments

I have an elementary-aged client with cerebral palsy. No cognitive deficits. Great expressive & receptive language skills in Korean and English. But articulation is so hard! We’ve made progress on lip-related sounds, but she just cannot keep her tongue from thrusting out on /s, z, sh/, plus /t, d/ sounds are imprecise and /l/ is ...Read more.

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