Embedded Practice

Many SLPs and SLPAs pick up students and then walk to the speech/language office. This is a prime opportunity for embedded meaningful practice of complex clusters or singletons. Treatment intensity studies suggest that children require many trials per session to master the motor sequence, to produce the targets for the purpose of communication, and to increase their knowledge about the entire sound system (treated and untreated sounds). A definitive study regarding the number of trials has not been published yet. In the meantime, we should elicit trials across contexts whenever possible. This document offers ​six fun suggestions for eliciting meaningful practice during transitions.