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The effectiveness of a prosodic intervention on children’s metrical patterns

Aroostook Mental Health Center, Fort Fairfield, Maine

Ann A Tyler

University of Nevada, Reno, anntyler{at}med.unr.edu

Use of a trochaic template (S-w) stress pattern in early words and phrases has been documented in both normal and disordered populations. The purpose of this multiple baseline study was to determine the effectiveness of a prosodic intervention focusing on w-S stress patterns in phonological phrases and prosodic words, and its generalization to w-S patterns in untrained multi-syllabic words and phrases. Two children with speech and language impairments participated in a three-phase experimental treatment that focused on the article ‘the’ in phrases. Generalization probes designed to examine all phases of the therapy sequence and untrained stimuli were administered throughout therapy. Results indicate that the intervention procedures facilitated change in both children’s productions of w-S stress patterns in untrained multisyllabic words, although less so in untrained phrases.

Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Vol. 17, No. 1, 55-76 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/026565900101700104


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