Metaphon Therapy
Implementation of Metaphon Therapy :
Metaphon Therapy is a cognitve-linguistic intervention that combines the idea of minimal pairs and phonological awareness for a child. The main goal of this therapy is to increase intelligibility. Metaphon is composed of two main phases with each phase having multiple levels. A speech pathologist and a teacher are able to utilize this approach.
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The ideal client for this approach would be a child with/that is:
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3-8 years old
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a moderate to severe phonological disorder
You know what Metaphon therapy is... Now what?
Now that you have learned about the Metaphon, what kind of client would benefit from its use, and saw a short demonstration video, you may be thinking... now what?​
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The goal of the SLP Quick Treatment guide is to help SLPs learn about available approaches they could utilize in their treatment as well as offering a list of therapy resources, research for the approach, and even data collection sheets. Essentially, this is the drawer of our "filing cabinet" that is dedicated to Metaphon Therapy - we hope it helps to jumpstart your treatment utilizing this approach!
Data Collection Sheets:
Research supporting Metaphon therapy:
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Adams, C., Nightingale, C., Hesketh, A., & Hall, R. (2000). Targeting metaphonological ability in intervention for children with developmental phonological disorders. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 16(3), 285–299.
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Bowen, C. (2011). Metaphon. speech language therapy.
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Joffe, V., & Pring, T. (2007, March 27). Children with phonological problems: a survey of clinical practice. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43(2), 154-164. doi:10.1080/13682820701660259
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Pueschel, S. (1991). Treating phonological disorders in children - semantic scholar.
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Siemons-Lühring, D. I., Euler, H. A., Mathmann, P., Suchan, B., & Neumann, K. (2021, December 16). The effectiveness of an integrated treatment for functional speech sound disorders-A randomized controlled trial. Children (Basel, Switzerland).