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Methods & Approaches
Cycles Intervention
Cycles Intervention is a dynamic and engaging approach that helps children with highly unintelligible speech make meaningful progress—one cycle at a time. It's playful, powerful, and designed to improve speech patterns, not just individual sounds.
Cycles Intervention is a structured phonological approach designed for children who are highly unintelligible. It targets sound patterns rather than individual sounds.
Cycles Intervention
How It Works
Speech targets are introduced in “cycles”, short periods of focused practice that repeat over time. In each cycle, an error pattern is targeted for 60 minutes before moving onto the next error pattern. For example, if a child’s speech is characterized by stopping, backing and final consonant deletion errors, the clinician would work on one pattern for 60 minutes, then target another pattern for 60 minutes and so on, “cycling” through the child’s error patterns until the child’s intelligibility improves. This cyclical process allows children to gradually internalize patterns.
Cycles Intervention
How We Can Help
We offer multiple Cycles intervention bundles (e.g., S-Clusters, Liquids & Glides, Initial & Final Consonant Deletion) and targeted decks that support cycle-based learning through carefully selected words and engaging visuals. These tools align with the Hodson and Paden (1991) model.
Cycles Intervention
The Research
The Cycles approach, developed by Hodson & Paden (1991), is well-supported for children with moderate to severe phonological deficits. Research has shown its effectiveness in improving intelligibility over time (Hodson, 2007).
Hodson, B., & Paden, E. (1991).Targeting intelligible speech: A phonological approach to remediation (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed/College Hill.
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