The Key to Carryover: Change Oral Postures
The Key to Carryover: Change Oral Postures tackles a frustration familiar to many SLPs: a child can produce a target sound correctly in the therapy room, yet the new sound may not consistently carry over outside structured practice. Pam Marshalla presents an approach centered on examining habitual oral postures, including resting tongue, lip, and jaw position, and how those patterns may relate to speech sound production. The book provides a framework for considering postural patterns alongside articulation and phonological therapy. The approach pairs naturally with TalkTools oral placement therapy tools and Marshalla's companion title, Carryover Techniques . For clinicians building a broader oral-motor foundation, TalkTools CEU courses offer additional training.
- Explores why isolated sound practice may not always result in consistent carryover
- Provides a framework for assessing resting tongue, lip, and jaw posture
- Discusses strategies for changing oral postures to support articulation goals
- Presents oral-motor principles that can complement articulation therapy
- Pairs well with Carryover Techniques as a companion resource
- Written by Pam Marshalla
- SLPs working with clients who demonstrate inconsistent carryover of target sounds
- Clinicians incorporating oral-motor assessment into articulation and phonological therapy
- Therapists using oral placement therapy tools who want an additional postural framework
- Graduate students and clinical fellows studying oral posture and speech sound production
- Clinicians addressing persistent articulation errors associated with atypical resting oral postures
- 1 x The Key to Carryover: Change Oral Postures book by Pam Marshalla (Paperback)
| Author | Pam Marshalla |
| Format | Paperback |
| Focus | Oral postural assessment and change to support carryover in articulation therapy |
| Use setting | Clinical practice, school-based therapy |
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