When I was a kid, my ST had my blow water from one bottle to the other via a tube.

Singing helped me a lot.

as far as not looking at you, it seems like she might be ashamed of something, I know I used to be. a counselor might help. 

 
Thanks,
Tamar

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From: Virginia Perry <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:27:46 AM
Subject: Re: Speaking too quitelty?

Talk to her speech therapist about activities for breath support. This could be related to her lower lung volume that you mentioned earlier. 



We've gotten different kinds of whistles and bird or animal calls for Daniel. I remember the exercise where you have the kid "paint" by blowing through a straw to spread blobs of paint around. Mmmmm. I seem to remember that blowing bubbles -- trying for that long, slow, steady stream was supposed to be good for breath support. Pinwheels. 



We did all these things early on. Now Daniel can blow into a trombone and make a nice sustained sound (we're prepping him for band since he has a strong musical interest but low finger skills).

> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:09:59 -0600
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Speaking too quitelty?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> Mary is speaking so quietly that we can hardly hear her
> sometimes. She has always had problems with eye contact and volume,
> but not this much with her family. Any advice on encouraging her to
> look at us ans speak a little louder it is almost a whisper now and she
> never gets in trouble so its not like that is a concern for her (she is
> very well behaved).
> 
> Help it is getting harder to understand what she is trying to say her speech is very clear though.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> John Runer

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