Turtle Pacing Board
Speech Pacing Therapy
Modern Pacing Board with Fun Visual Cues
Turtle Pacing Board is a modern pacing board for speech. It is designed to help children with unclear articulation and a fast speaking rate to pace their speech and improve their intelligibility in conversation. It consists of a turtle pacing board made of 6 turtles and over 100 optional conversation questions.
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Unlike traditional pacing boards, Turtle Pacing Board offers the child additional visual cues and feedback to help them to slow their rate of speech.
HOW
to use Turtle Pacing Board
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Choose a conversation topic
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Answer the conversation starter question
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Say one word or syllable per circle
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Wait for each turtle to fill with colour and get bigger before pressing the next turtle in the pacing board and saying the next syllable or word
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Adjust the speed at which the turtles in the pacing board fill with colour using the slider bar
THERAPY TIPS
for Turtle Pacing Board
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Build self-awareness and give bio-feedback by recording the child speaking without pacing and then record them speaking when using the app
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Praise the child for slow talking / "turtle talking"
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Give a continuous model by also using Turtle Pacing Board as you talk.
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Keep conversation natural by asking additional questions and making comments
WHAT
others say about Turtle Pacing Board
Tatyana Elleseff
CCC-SLP, Smart Speech Therapy
Having fun and concrete visuals have helped my clients significantly as compared to the usage of traditional static pacing board