Growing Voices

Step 1 — Free

The Teen Apraxia Snapshot

Your teen’s sounds have improved, but their speech still sounds “off.” Or progress has stalled and you’re not sure what to work on next. The Teen Apraxia Snapshot is a free 3-minute check for parents of tweens and teens with childhood apraxia of speech. Answer 10 quick questions about how your teen talks day to day: longer sentences, rhythm and stress, speaking when nervous, and what happens when someone doesn’t understand them.

You’ll get

• Your teen's main sticking point right now (sound accuracy, prosody, rate, carryover, or repair)
• The cueing level that makes sense to start with
• One practical thing to try this week that won't feel babyish to your teen

Created by Kim Koch, M.S. CCC-SLP, author of Still Working On It. This is a parent guide, not a diagnosis, and it doesn’t replace your teen’s speech-language pathologist.

Step 2 — $15

Real-Life Scripts Pack

Your teen can say the word at home. Then they get to the counter, the phone rings, or the interviewer asks a question, and it falls apart. The Real-Life Scripts Pack gives you 24 ready-to-use scripts for the moments that actually come up for tweens and teens with childhood apraxia of speech: ordering food, the drive-through, answering the phone, leaving a voicemail, booking an appointment, asking a teacher for help, a first job interview, checking in at the doctor’s office, and what to say when someone says “What?”

Every script comes ready to practice

• Hard words already broken into syllables, with the stressed syllable marked
• The word that carries the meaning highlighted in every line
• A curveball the other person might throw, so your teen isn't thrown off script
• A backup line for when they're not understood
• A real-life mission to try that week

Includes a printable PDF and an interactive version with record-and-compare practice, plus a blank page for writing your own scripts.

Built by Kim Koch, M.S. CCC-SLP, using the method from Still Working On It. This is a parent resource. It supports your teen’s speech therapy and doesn’t replace an SLP.

Step 3 — The main program

Still Working On It

Available in two formats

“Still Working On It”: A motor planning speech program for school-age children, tweens and teens. A practical guide for parents of school-age children who are still working on speech sounds and clear, confident communication. Inside you’ll find strategies that respect a growing kid’s dignity and motivation — built around real life at school, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Support practice without power struggles
• Strategies that fit a school-age schedule
• Confidence-building for self-conscious kids
• Know when and how to seek added support