#TBT: My Best Tips for Eliciting the K Sound
This is a repost from Dean Trout’s Little Shop of SLP, shared with permission from the author. Upon reaching out for permission, Dean wrote: “I found TalkTools to be great…
SPEECH THERAPY
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