Nancy Kaufman, MA, CCC-SLP, director of the Kaufman Children's Center, demonstrates how to get the most out of half-hour therapy sessions using her K-SLP techniques.

Nancy entices Avery to participate using favorite toys are reinforcers. Also featured: early imitation of the K-SLP Kit 1 simple syllable shapes.

In this segment, Nancy demonstrates scripting functional language using pivot phrases, and emphasizes putting two simple syllables together using cues.

In this segment, Nancy will continue to work on syllable shapes and fading cues so Avery will be able to progress to naming on her own.

In this segment, Nancy will work on breaking assimilations on two-syllable words and the use of pivot syllables.

In this segment, more work with pivot syllables as well as naming common objects with cues and naming object function. Avery practices using a notebook of words personalized for her by Nancy.

In this segment, Nancy and Avery practice with the K-SLP Workout Book.

In this segment, Nancy and Avery will use familiar characters as subjects in subject-verb-object phrases.

In this segment, Nancy uses people and family figurines as subjects to help Avery with naming action in three-word phrases.

Emmett visited the Kaufman Children’s Center for the Speech Praxis Experience at Kaufman (SPEAK), a four-day intensive program with Nancy Kaufman, MA, CCC-SLP. At the heart of SPEAK is the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP), an evidenced-based evaluation and treatment method for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), other speech-sound disorders, and expressive language development.

Emmett is a 4.6-year-old with CAS who was originally viewed via a video sent by his parents to determine his suitability for the K-SLP. While he was at the KCC, he experienced a full evaluation and eight half-hour sessions of therapy. The program also included parent coaching and a half-hour exit conference to overview the visit and answer parent questions. Each of Emmett’s sessions were recorded to share with his home speech-language pathology team. Nancy also does some narration regarding the techniques on video as well. (Check below for links to more information on the K-SLP, video consultations, and the SPEAK program.)

This video includes an introduction with Nancy about Emmett’s background and techniques to watch for in the therapy portion of the video. They include:

• Establishing motivation with highly preferred toys
• Using highly preferred toys strategically for reinforcement
• Focusing on single-word lists (syllable shapes
• Auditory and visual cues
• Blocked practice (as Emmett is an early learner) to move on to mixing and varying speech-motor tasks for retention
• Rescripted attempts at communication
• Gaining as many responses as possible within the session
• Implementing errorless teaching
• Error correction to help Emmett to be successful
• Gaining expressive language with pivot phrases
• Parent coaching for carryover at home