TalkTools® Apraxia Tools (Shapes)

TalkTools Apraxia Tools shapes (Bilabial Shapes) are tactile oral-motor tools—a red circle, blue square, and yellow triangle

TalkTools Apraxia Tools shapes (Bilabial Shapes) are tactile oral-motor tools—a red circle, blue square, and yellow triangle

Used in speech therapy to provide physical cues for children with apraxia to feel the correct lip/mouth placement for sounds like /m/, /p/, /b/ (bilabials) and vowels (/oo/, /oh/, etc.), helping them transition from oral placement to speech production through a multisensory approach.

How They Work:

• Tactile Cues: The shapes offer a physical guide for the tongue, lips, and jaw, making the abstract feeling of speech production concrete.
• Multisensory Approach: Combined with verbal and visual cues, they create a multisensory experience to improve motor planning for speech.
• Specific Sound Targets:Square: Stimulates the /m/ phoneme (lips together).
• Circle: Helps with lip rounding for /b/ and vowels like /oo/ (boo) and /oh/ (go).
• Triangle: (Often used for other sounds/vowels within the broader program).
  

Benefits:

• Develops Lip Rounding: Excellent for children with low muscle tone who struggle to pucker for sounds like /oo/.
• Aids Non-Verbal Children: Helps children with apraxia form sounds they can't yet produce verbally.
• Structured Program: Used within the broader TalkTools Apraxia Program, alongside tubes and blocks, for a systematic approach to speech development.
  

Imported from US , this is a good tool to cue your child to produce a/o/u phonemes.

Recommended for patients with apraxia, patients with neck or head injuries, patients after stroke or cerebral hemorrhage, and patients with impaired kinesthetic awareness, children with CAS.

Warning: Use all tools in this kit with adult supervision at all times. Not recommended for unsupervised use. Inspect each component before every use and dispose of any item at the first sign of damage or deterioration.