Rvachew, S. & Nowak, M. (2001)
Rvachew, S. & Nowak, M. (2001). The effect of target-selection strategy on phonological learning. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 610-623. Retrieved March 17, 2008, from ASHA Journals (http://journals.asha.com) .
TAP
The topic of this article was the effect of target-selection on phonological learning or progress. The article described a study that compared the treatment of targets that are early developing and associated with more phonological knowledge versus the treatment of targets that are later developing and associated with little or no phonological knowledge. This article is intented for students and speech langauge pathologists interested in the treatment of phonological disorders. The purpose of the study described was to examine whether the most change occurred when early developing sounds were targeted or when late developing sounds were targeted.
Claim(s)
The following claims were made in the article:
- The research that exists regarding target selection has limitations that need to be considered.
- The treatment of early developing targets and the targets with the most knowledge results in greater progress
- It is not necessary to target late developing sounds in order to achieve sponataneous emergence of other late-developing sounds.
Evidence
The authors provided a summarized review of the literature to let the reader know about the previous research and findings related to this issue. The authors used previous studies and their own current study to support their claims. This article directly talked about a study that the authors conducted related to target selection.
Connections
Text-to-self: This article contridicts what was discussed in class. What I remember from class is that early developing sounds result in quick success but not much is learned, the treatment mainly consists of practice. Later developing sounds result in the most change overall but it’s not quick change.
Text-to-text: During my research about stimulability testing I read a lot about target selection. I recall the articles that suggested targeting the early, easier sounds being published many years ago, maybe info decades. The most recent research suggested using the later targets. I find it odd that this article suggests selecting early and easy (more knowledge) sounds even though it was published recently (2001).
Text-to-world: This article is relevant to the field because it adds evidence and suggestions to the controversy of target selection. It’s obvious that target selection is a big issue in phonological treatment. This issue has been addressed in regards to assessment and treatment.
