Teaching · Speech & Language

Count the trials, mind the feedback, mix the order.

Set the stage of learning and the practice conditions, then log trials, correct productions and feedback for each target. The summary shows how much practice happened, how much of it got feedback, and whether the conditions fit where the child is.

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The practice log

One record per student and session. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each session, the stage of learning, the practice conditions, every target’s trials, accuracy and feedback, and a summary of practice amount, feedback rate and pace with notes on fit.
Who it is for
Speech-language pathologists treating motor speech disorders, such as childhood apraxia of speech, and other speech sound disorders where high practice matters.
Format
Browser form used during the session. Several saved sessions per student; printed with the summary or as a blank data sheet; CSV with one row per session or the targets table; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
blockedrandomsame trials, different order
Drawn for this page. Blocked and random practice use the same trials; only the order changes, and the order affects what the child keeps.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the session date.
  2. Choose the stage of learning and write the movement goal.
  3. Set the practice conditions you plan to use.
  4. During the session, count trials, correct productions and feedback for each target.
  5. Read the summary and adjust the conditions for next session.

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What the log is for

The principles in brief

Motor learning research separates how well a child does during practice from what the child keeps later. Conditions that make practice look smooth, such as blocked order and feedback on every try, can help a child find a new movement. Once the movement is there, mixed order, varied contexts and less frequent feedback about the result tend to help it last, even though accuracy in the session may dip.

Why count

A large number of practice trials is one of the most consistent findings. Counting trials, correct productions and feedback makes the amount of practice visible and shows when feedback has not been faded.

What this form is not

It does not choose targets or a treatment approach, and the notes are general findings, much of it from limb motor learning, not rules. The evidence in speech is still growing.

Sources

  1. Maas, E., Robin, D. A., Austermann Hula, S. N., Freedman, S. E., Wulf, G., Ballard, K. J., and Schmidt, R. A. (2008). Principles of motor learning in treatment of motor speech disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17(3), 277 to 298.
  2. Schmidt, R. A., Lee, T. D., Winstein, C. J., Wulf, G., and Zelaznik, H. N. Motor Control and Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis, 6th edition (2019).
  3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Practice Portal: Childhood Apraxia of Speech (treatment: principles of motor learning).
  4. Edeal, D. M., and Gildersleeve-Neumann, C. E. (2011). The importance of production frequency in therapy for childhood apraxia of speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(2), 95 to 110.

The example child and session are made up. The log records practice; the conditions and targets are the clinician’s choices. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.