Therapy should be fun! I know I am doing a good job of instructing and motivating a student when parents tell me their child can't wait to come and "play" with Miss Heidi. CAS therapy in the early intervention setting is an art all its own. My goal is make the child successful in their communication attempts. These children are often quite reserved as their attempts in the past to communicate have been so challenging. Establishing trust is paramount. It is only after you've established that trust that a child will take a risk to talk or try your recommendation of where to put their tongue or their teeth or their lips to produce a word. I try to stick to the same routine for each session. I follow a visual schedule so that the session is predictable each time. I use their favorite toys, stories, games, songs, crafts and photographs of the special people in their life in the session so that it is highly motivating. I intersperse drill work with silly fun. I provide carryover activities in a homework folder to encourage accountability.