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"The defining characteristic of
phonological therapy is
that it is ‘in the mind’"
Grunwell, 1988
The terms
phonological therapy and phonological remediation permeate the current speech-language
pathology literature. They are often used ambiguously, and it is not always
clear whether they refer to intervention for developmental phonological
disorders, or
intervention that is, by nature, somehow 'phonological'.
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Phonological
Therapy
The term
'phonological therapy' is used throughout this web site to mean the application of
phonological principles to the treatment of children with developmental phonological
disorders (also called 'phonological impairment',
etc!).
Stoel-Gammon and
Dunn (1985, page 168) provided a neat summation of the principles of phonological therapy. They
believed that it:
(1) is based on the systematic nature of phonology;
(2) is characterised by conceptual, rather than motoric, activities;
and,
(3) has generalisation as its ultimate goal
In general
agreement, Grunwell (1985) said that the aim of the therapy was: "...to facilitate
cognitive reorganisation of the child’s phonological system and his
phonologically-oriented processing strategies" (p. 99).
Similarly, Fey
(1992) stated that: "phonological therapy approaches are designed to nurture the
child’s system rather than simply to teach new sounds" (p.277).
PACT: A
broad-based approach
PACT (Bowen and Cupples, 1998a, 1998b) is a broad-based
approach to phonological therapy.
Kamhi
(1992) used the term ‘broad-based’ when he argued the need
for a treatment methodology that had some explanatory value, stating
that: "Such models are consistent with assessment procedures that
are comprehensive in nature and treatment procedures that focus on
linguistic, as well as motoric, aspects of speech" (p. 261).
References
Bowen, C. &
Cupples, L. (1999a). Parents and children together (PACT): a
collaborative approach to phonological therapy. International
Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. Vol 34 No 1,
35-55.
Bowen, C. &
Cupples, L. (1999b).A phonological therapy in depth: a reply to
commentaries. International Journal of Language and Communication
Disorders. Vol 34 No 1, 65-83.
Fey, M.E. (1992). Clinical Forum: Phonological assessment and treatment.
Articulation and phonology: An addendum. Language Speech and Hearing Services in
Schools, 23, 277 - 282.
Kamhi, A.G. (1992).
Clinical forum: Phonological assessment and treatment. The need
for a broad-based model of phonological disorders. Language Speech
and Hearing Services in Schools, 23, 261-268.
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Grunwell, P.
(1988). Comment on ‘Helping the development of consonant contrasts’.
Child
Language Teaching and Therapy, 4, 57-59.
Grunwell, P.
(1985). Phonological Assessment of Child Speech (PACS). Windsor: NFER-Nelson.
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Stoel-Gammon,
C., & Dunn, C. (1985). Normal and abnormal phonology in children. Austin Texas:
Pro-Ed. Inc.
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