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"The cycles approach, officially called the “Cycles Phonological Remediation Approach,” is one of the most common methods for treating preschool- and school-age children who use phonological processes, or error patterns, in speech. It was developed by Barbara Hodson and her colleagues and is based on research in cognitive psychology and developmental phonology."
Who is it for?
Who is it for?
The cycles approach may be used for children who meet the following criteria:
• Highly unintelligible (difficult to understand)
• Frequently omit or leave out sounds
• Replace some sounds with other sounds
• Don’t use very many consonant sounds
What does it look like?
What does it look like?
"The cycles approach is meant for children who use several different phonological processes, or error patterns. Each process, or pattern, is targeted for a short amount of time, and then therapy cycles through the other processes."
Example of a session at canyon view
Example of a session at canyon view
Introduce new sound: show letter and demonstrate how it is produced
2. Auditory Bombardment: For 1-2 minutes, the therapist reads words that contain the target sound for the current session.
3. Read a book and/or listen to a song with LOTS of opportunities to LISTEN and PRACTICE during large group instruction
4. Play: in small groups children practice with a speech therapist on the target sound.
5. Parent practice: child and parent practice together with the support of the speech therapists.
*Modified for COVID-19 precautions. Parent will be taught and given resources to practice with their child at home.
6. Homework: 3 minutes each day!
A clinician explains a sample therapy session
A clinician explains a sample therapy session
We use an abbreviated version of this explanation but it gives you an idea of what we "DO" in session!
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