Abstract
The complexity approach has a unique focus in that what is targeted in intervention may be as important as how it is targeted (Gierut, 2005). Attention is given to analyzing children's phonological systems in order to understand what children know about the adult phonological system and what they need to learn. Research findings from the past 20 years guide the careful selection of complex targets. Selected targets expose children to complex aspects of the phonological system, which in turn is predicted to facilitate generalization learning: the efficient widespread change in children's phonological knowledge. Although the efficacy of the approach has been established internationally across 22 published intervention studies, the clinical effectiveness of the approach remains to be examined.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children |
Editors | A. Lynn Williams, Sharynne McLeod, Rebecca J. McCauley |
Place of Publication | U.S. |
Publisher | Paul H. Brookes Publishing |
Pages | 95-115 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781598570182 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- children
- phonetics
- language and languages
- linguistics