[ Post a Response | Phonological Awareness and Literacy ]
Posted by Nikki
on 10/9/2006, 4:36 pm, in reply to "phonological awareness"
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Training phonology is very independent, based on the child. If you are a student and still learning, I think the simplest advice I could give you without a lot of academic jargon is to choose a hard target that's later developing like /s/ or /f/. The idea is to choose something that will impact intelligibility immediately, that's difficult to produce, possibly even non-stimulable, and later developing. There is maximal generalization to other sounds like /k/ & /g/ without even working on them if you select a difficult target. If you select an easy target or an earlier developing sound like /k/ & /g/, only /k/ & /g/ get better and there is minimal (if any) generalization to other sounds. Traditional articulation therapy is okay, but if you can find a minimal pair approach in one of your texts, I would recommend that over traditional treatment. Don't worry. Phonology can only get better, even if it's slow, it will get better. Good luck!
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