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This webinar will present new information about how to treat /r/ errors using visual models and articulatory cues based on a child’s unique challenges and contexts. Using images of real people producing /r/ accurately and in error, the webinar will explore the salient articulatory characteristics that lead to successful production of the sound in different phonetic contexts and word positions. The speaker will present information about recent studies of gamified visual biofeedback for /r/ and discuss their application to traditional speech sound approaches.

Learning Outcomes    
You will be able to:

• Identify characteristics that can be used in diagnosis and treatment of /r/ errors 
• Discuss how articulatory and acoustic information for /r/ is different across speakers, phonetic contexts, and word positions
• Explain how visual models and motor-based practice variables can be used effectively for /r/ treatment

Presenter Information

Sarah Dugan, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a clinical researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include biofeedback-assisted speech sound therapy, ultrasound biofeedback, and the relationship between perception and production of speech sounds.

Disclosures:

• Salary from Cincinnati Children's Hospital
• Named on a patent on software for gamified ultrasound biofeedback, and a small part of this presentation will show early findings from some research that used this software; this is not a commercially available product, nor does the speaker own the patent rights
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar date: February 25, 2026 
End date: February 27, 2031

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area). 
Subject code 3050 Phonology/Articulatory Disorders