The effectiveness of motor therapy alone versus motor therapy with a minimal pairs component in the remediation of phonologic processes : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

Two children with phonologic disorders were treated, one with motor therapy alone, and the other with motor therapy including a minimal pairs component. The procedures of both methods are reported and the results are described. Generalization was measured through a series of generalization probes designed specifically for each participant. There was generalization evidenced to untreated words in the treated process for Participant J, but these did not maintain. The generalization to the untreated process in Participant J may have been due to maturation. There was no generalization evidenced to untreated phonemes, words, or processes for Participant A.