Opposition, empty set see Barlow & Gierut, 2002, for a summary). Resources can be used to learn about additional methods consistent with the complexityĪpproach, such as complexity-based minimal pair treatment variants (e.g., maximal Resources to speed the planning process in selecting complex treatment targets. Pays off in greater gains during treatment and (b) provide coaching and implementation On the complexity approach to show that the initial investment in phonological analysis The goals of this tutorial are to (a) review the evidence This clinical tutorial will focus on one aspect of the complexity approach: selectingĬomplex treatment targets. With high caseloads, but with appropriate support, the planning process can be streamlined. In addition, the complexity approach requires a detailedĪnalysis of phonology to guide treatment planning, which may seem challenging to clinicians In fact, Brumbaugh and Smit showed that 70% of SLPs were not familiar with With other approaches? It is likely that clinicians lack familiarity with the complexityĪpproach.

Why is there a lack of implementation of the complexity approach compared Research studies investigating the complexity approach than almost all other approachesĬombined” ( Kamhi, 2006, p. Given that the evidence base for the complexity approach is quite strong with “more

In contrast, only 8% of SLPs sometimes, often, or always used a complexityĪpproach in treatment of children with phonological disorders. That over 50% of SLPs sometimes, often, or always used a traditional, phonologicalĪwareness, minimal pairs, or cycles approach in treatment of children with phonologicalĭisorders. Specifically, Brumbaugh and Smit's survey showed However, a recent survey by Brumbaugh and Smit (2013) suggests that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are not equally familiar with allĮvidence-based treatment alternatives. There are a number of evidence-based treatmentsįor children with phonological disorders (see Baker & McLeod, 2011, for a review). Children with functional phonological disordersĮxhibit delays in sound production in the absence of any obvious motoric, structural, Although thereĪre a variety of speech sound disorders, this article will focus on children withįunctional phonological disorders. Language, often requiring clinical treatment to normalize their speech.

Children with speech sound disorders have trouble learning the sounds of their native

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