Articu Practice
Home practice that stays connected to the clinical plan.
Articu Practice turns SLP-assigned targets into short, guided speech sessions and sends structured practice information back to the clinician. Built for SLPs, families and caregivers.
Practice should feel manageable — not like another worksheet.
Assignment anatomy
Every session starts with a clinician-defined target.
The app does not need to guess the treatment goal when the clinician already knows it. Target sound, word position, practice level, word list, repetitions, schedule and clinical note stay under clinician control.
Clinical note: emphasize correct lip rounding at word onset.
Practice flow
Open. Hear the model. Practice. Finish.
The experience adapts to the assignment instead of sending every child through the same generic course.
1 — Open today's assignment
Only the targets assigned for the current stage are shown.
2 — Hear the model
A clear spoken example before every attempt.
3 — Record the attempt
One primary action per screen, with re-listen and mute controls.
4 — Receive safe feedback
Simple feedback designed to support repetition—not to make clinical decisions.
Practice hierarchy
Practice can grow with the skill.
Clinicians choose the level that matches the patient rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all practice sequence.
Feedback language
Different words for different audiences.
The same attempt produces three different views—child-facing encouragement, parent-facing completion, and clinician-facing findings.
Child-facing
- Nice try
- Let’s try that one again
- Good listening
- One more
- Let’s hear the model again
Parent-facing
- Practice complete
- 12 attempts recorded
- 2 attempts sent for clinician review
- Your SLP will see today’s practice
Clinician-facing
- Likely correct
- Possible substitution / omission / distortion
- Low audio quality
- Needs review · Unable to judge
“Wrong” is not part of the child experience. Feedback supports repetition—it does not judge the child.
Audio quality gate
Know when the recording—not the speech—is the problem.
Background noise, clipping, microphone distance, multiple speakers, very low volume and incomplete recordings are detected before analysis. The child sees:
“Try again — recording quality was too low to judge this attempt.”
This keeps a poor recording from being mistaken for a speech error.
Motivation & visibility
Motivation when it helps. A calmer practice mode when it doesn't.
Gamification is optional, age-appropriate, clinician and parent controlled, and always available in a low-sensory mode.
Optional, calm motivation
Simple progress maps, collectable themes and session completion—no aggressive leaderboards, no streak penalties, no flashing rewards.
Parent visibility
Parents see today’s assignment, approximate duration, the target sound, completed attempts and that the therapist received the practice—never a diagnosis.
Clear boundaries
What Articu Practice does not do.
Boundaries are part of the product design, not fine print.
No diagnosis
Practice never produces a diagnosis or a clinical severity result.
No independent target selection
Clinical target selection stays with the SLP. The app follows the plan.
FAQ
Practice questions
How long is a practice session?
Does the child need to read?
Can practice be used without games?
What devices does it work on?
Who selects the target sound?
What feedback does the child see?
Bring Articu Practice into your workflow.
Join the clinician pilot to test clinician-assigned practice with real caseloads and help shape the family experience.
Articu is a practice support tool and does not replace an evaluation by a qualified speech-language pathologist.