Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Phonology

Short description

Multiple Opposition Approach is a procedure where the SLP uses minimal word pairs to target errors simultaneously and is for patient’s who substitute a single sound for several sounds (Hedge, 2008, Williams 2000).

Long description

Multiple Opposition Approach is a procedure where the SLP uses minimal word pairs to target errors simultaneously and is for patient’s who substitute a single sound for several sounds. Multiple Opposition Approach is a procedure where the SLP uses minimal word pairs to target errors simultaneously and is for patient’s who substitute a single sound for several sounds. This procedure uses minimal word pairs, but the pairs are created to treat all or most of the errors simultaneously. Use this approach for patients who substitute a single sound for several sounds.

For example: a patient who substitutes /t/ for /s, k, ch, tr/ will substitute a singe words such as tip for multiple words-sip, kip, chip and trip. Method: Create multiple sets of minimal pairs (tip-kip, tip-chip) and teach the contrasts simultaneously (Hedge, 2008, Williams 2000).