During the initial session with Jonathan, articulation was assessed to see which sounds we needed to focus on in therapy. Jonathan presents with a moderate lisp affecting his /s/ and some /s/ blends. He has self awareness of that sound sometimes being challenging and he said he is trying to make it better. With his love of snakes(he showed a recent picture with a snake) and animals, we used the analogy of keeping his snake"tongue" behind the cage "teeth" to produce a smooth strong /s/ sound. We also reviewed that a strong skinny stream of air needs to move forward, not escape out the side of the mouth. That is what contributes to a noisy /s/ sound. He was a star student and demonstrated understanding and immediate improvement when he produced the /s/ sound with correct positioning, using a mirror, visual and verbal cues.