Bjorem Speech Prosody Cues

Bjorem Speech Prosody Cues can be used for speech, language, and reading prosody goals. Use in play or structured tasks when working on the following:

• motor planning/childhood apraxia
• pragmatics/social language
• reading fluency/expression

Prosody is made up of the following parameters - pitch, volume, rate, stress, and movement/rhythm. The pitch, volume, and rate cards can be lined up to one and another to provide a visual for the continuums that they fall on. 

Cues included in the deck include:

• Pitch - high, low, flat AND include fun dice game to work on different voices including mouse, baby, robot, witch, ghost, alien, king, princess, granny, reporter, singing, and dinosaur
• Volume - quiet, whispering, talking, loud
• Rate - slow speed, kid speed, fast speed
• Stress - 2 stress dot cues included
• Movement/Rhythm- choppy, smooth, pause, stretched
• Emotions- using prosody to identify and practice emotions with emotion cards happy, sad, mad, excited, scared, and confused

Authors: Jennie Bjorem, M.A., CCC-SLP, Kelsey Coaldrake, M.A., CCC-SLP

Illustrator: Ruthie Ozonoff

PRE-ORDER Available NOW! Arriving on New Zealand shores soon!