Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an augmentationof traditional articulation intervention on the acquisition of speech sounds. The study
examined the effect of Van Riper's traditional articulation intervention (Van Riper &
Erickson, 1996) integrated with See the Sound/Visual Phonics (visual phonics) hand
cues, in contrast to Van Riper's traditional articulation intervention alone. One child
identified with a phonological disorder participated in a single subject multiple baseline
across behaviors study. The subject was a bright, hard working two year-ten month old
child who enjoyed all therapy sessions. During the first baseline/treatment phase, the
child received Van Riper's articulation intervention as a control condition. During the
following three baseline/treatment phases, Van Riper's articulation intervention was
supplemented with visual phonics hand cues. Visual Phonics hand shapes (Montgomery,
2008) were integrated with Van Riper' s articulation therapy for three of four behaviors to
enhance intervention with visual and kinesthetic cues.
Results showed an advantage to supplementing articulation intervention with
visual phonics for preschoolers with phonological disorder. The study showed that
production of target sounds took less intervention time when visual phonics hand cues
were utilized. Outcomes of the study demonstrated that a preschooler with a
• phonological disorder benefited from both traditional articulation intervention coupled
with visual phonics and traditional articulation intervention alone as well.
| Date of Award | 2012 |
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| Original language | American English |
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| Supervisor | Tina K. Veale (Supervisor) |