Cycles Approach
Traditional Articulation
Traditional articulation therapy is an intervention geared toward children who have motor/articulation problems. In this approach, the clinician should target earlier acquired speech sounds that should already be in the child's repertoire. The area of focus in this approach is for the child to produce the correct sounds. Increasing the child's intelligibility to be a more effective communicator is the target. This intervention follows a vertical goal approach, focusing on one goal at a time.
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Teaching moments in this approach follow a hierarchy (sound level, syllable level, word level, phrase level, sentence level and conversational level). Various modes of prompting and cueing can be utilized dependent on what works best for the client. A speech language pathologist is required in this approach; however, parents, teachers and other classroom agents can also be employed.
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Sessions recommended according to research is to be 30-60 minutes long, 2-3X/week. It is also suggested to complete 100 trials per session to get ample data. Of course, these numbers and time constrains may very depending on the client. Settings are also optional for this intervention, and can be implemented in a school, private practice, clinic, hospital, etc. Sessions may also be carried out in a group or one-on-one setting. Activities may be naturalistic or structured, depending on the motivation of the client, and goals targeted.
Resources:
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Bessas, A. & Trimmis, N. (2016). The effectiveness of traditional treatment of articulation disorders in preschool children. Journal of International Scientific Publications, 14.
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Klein, E. S. (1996). Phonological/traditional approaches to articulation therapy: A retrospective group comparison. Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, 27(4), 314.
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Sancibrian, S. (2011). Treatment of Speech Sound Disorders: New Approaches. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: ASHA Professional Development.