Goal: Eliminate Cluster Reduction
Sample Goal:
Student will eliminate the process of cluster reduction by spontaneously consonant clusters 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 one word has a consonant cluster and the other word has only one sound from the consonant cluster (example: slip and sip) with at least 80% accuracy.
- Production in Single Words: Student will produce consonant clusters in single words with at least 80% accuracy.
- Production in Phrases: Student will produce consonant clusters in 2-3 word phrases with at least 80% accuracy.
- Production in Sentences: Student will produce consonant clusters 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:
Articulation Sound Blends Kits
Work on consonant clusters from an articulation approach instead of phonological approach.
Additional worksheets for photos of words with consonant clusters.