Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Phonology

Short description

Focused auditory input is a procedure for very young children where the SLP designs the environment to provide lots of opportunity for the child to hear the target sound or patterns (Hodson & Paden 1991).

Long description

Focused auditory input is a procedure for very young children where the SLP designs the environment to provide lots of opportunity for the child to hear the target sound or patterns. Focused auditory input is a procedure that is intended for very young children who are unwilling or unable to produce targets when we first begin therapy. No production is demanded but the SLP designs the environment to provide for lots of opportunity for the child to hear the target sound or pattern (Hodson & Paden 1991).