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Target Selection and Treatment Outcomes

Recent research has demonstrated that target selection is an important link between phonological assessment and intervention. It is a significant variable in treatment efficacy because, as suggested by Camarata and Nelson (1992), acquisition efficiency is at least predicated on the selection of targets that are addressed in intervention.
Typically, speech-language pathologists have relied on phonetic factors that were based on developmental norms and/or stimulability. Specifically, those who adhered to a traditional approach to target selection chose sounds that were stimulable and early developing. This traditional approach to target selection was based on the assumption that earlier, stimulable sounds were easier to produce and followed a developmental sequence of acquisition.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-3088
Date01 April 2003
CreatorsWilliams, A. Lynn
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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