I have a child who leaves off what seems to be most initial consonants; however, when doing single words, it is mainly fricatives (e.g., he can produce initial d and b). Do I target the phonological process of initial consonant deletion or work on fricatives? He does not seem to interested in watching models.
No Right Answer, Either will Help:
You could really go either way with this, or do a cycles-type approach where you target one for a few weeks and then switch to the other
How to Target Initial Consonant Deletion:
How to Target Fricatives:
- Auditory Bombardment
- Could try minimal pairs if you can come up with any
- Could try fricatives in isolation
- Could try a combination
Child Won’t Watch Models:
- Try auditory bombardment while he’s doing something like coloring where he’ll still hear you but not have to watch
- Try making videos of your mouth saying words that start with fricative sounds and see if he’ll watch that repeatedly
