Discrimination Training: The child learns to differentiate between correct and incorrect sound productions.
Stimulability: The child can correctly produce the sound with prompts for proper placement and manner.
Sound Stabilization: The child improves the ability to produce the sound accurately across various contexts.
Generalization: The child consistently produces the sound correctly, regardless of setting or communication partner.
Maintenance: Ongoing monitoring to ensure the child maintains correct sound production in all contexts over time.
(The Dabbling Speechie, 2019)
Children with articulation disorders
(Bauman-Waengler, 2020)
Research leading to the development of Van Riper's Traditional Approach was published in his book Speech Correction (1972).
(Otsimo, 2023)
The traditional approach leaves room for the clinician to have creativity with activities. Some examples are:
Discrimination training with minimal pairs
Drilling activities for target sounds across contexts including games, coloring, worksheets, parallel play, and more.
Maintenence through take-home activities.