Speech Therapy -> Execution and Speech Motor Planning -> Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)
The average number of words produced in a phrase or a sentence; children with apraxia are often delayed in expressive language as well and so a goal could be to work on putting words/approximations together for a variety of pragmatic functions.
Activity List(s)
- Narrative or Story Starters related to Christmas 0
- /dz/ words IWP 2
- Kiki's Holiday Breakfast Sentences with Multisyllabic Words 0
- Hen Rhyming Words 2
- /dz/ FWP 2
- /dz/ words MWP 2
- Cow Rhyming Words 2
- Sheep Rhyming Words 2
- Donkey Rhyming Words 2
- Pig Rhyming Words 2
- Farm Song Book 6
- Duck Rhyming Words 2
- Cat Rhyming Words 2
- Apraxia goal targets 1
- Dog Rhyming Words 2
Goal Bank
- Mauro will produce a variety of consonant-vowel combinations including CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV words with fading prompts in structured and play activities to improve speech intelligibility with 90% accuracy across 3 sessions. 3
- Scott will imitate, then use 2-word utterances with fading prompts with 90% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions to improve expressive language skills. 2
- Whitney will develop and expand imitation skills, moving from imitation of motor patterns to imitation of vocal patterns and speech sounds with 90% accuracy across 3 sessions as measured by clinician data and observation to increase overall expressive language skills and speech intelligibility. 3
Resources
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Monsters Love Candy! Apraxia Resource CV, VC, CVC Words
Sara Lowczyk
A monster activity including different CV, VC, CVC words to practice different syllable shapes.
Includes activity list4