Goal: Eliminate Backing
Sample Goal:
Student will eliminate the process of backing by spontaneously producing alveolar consonants (/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, etc.) in sentences with at least 80% accuracy.
Download the No-Prep Therapy Kit:
We have a start-to-finish therapy kit that will give you everything you need to practice this skill in therapy and send home homework. Click the packet below to open it. Then, print it out and place it in the child’s notebook or binder.
Therapy Phases:
- Auditory Discrimination: Student will receptively identify the difference between two minimal pair words where the words sound the same except that one word has a back sound and the other has a front sound (example: key and tea) with at least 80% accuracy.
- Production in Single Words: Student will produce single words with alveolar consonants (/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, etc.) with at least 80% accuracy.
- Production in Phrases: Student will produce alveolar consonants (/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, etc.) in 2-3 word phrases with at least 80% accuracy.
- Production in Sentences: Student will produce alveolar consonants (/t/, /d/, /n/, /s/, etc.) in sentences with at least 80% accuracy.
What’s Next?
- Now, move on to our “carry-over and generalization” kit. Click Here to Get the Carry-Over Kit
Disclaimer (For Copy and Paste):
Feel free to copy and paste these sample goals into your plan but make sure you modify them to meet the individual needs of the child. This should include individualized level of cueing, such as "independently" or "with verbal prompts".
Supplemental Materials
Here are some other resources that may help you when working on this skill:
Need some extra words for practicing /t/ words? Here are a few more!
Need some extra words for practicing /d/ words? Here are a few more!
Need some extra words for practicing /n/ words? Here are a few more!
Click to Open the Velar Fronting Worksheets
These worksheets for velar fronting have minimal pairs that can be used for backing as well.
