Metaphon

Metaphonological Therapy

Metaphon Therapy

• Population:
• Can be used for ALL children
• Recommended for 4-5 years old or older
• No recommendation for severity and/or cognitive ability 

• Purpose:
• To improve phonological awareness 
• phonological awareness is key for literacy acquisition

• Suggestions:
• Complete comprehensive evaluation
• Include:
• language testing 
• phonological awareness testing
• phonological representations

• Dosage:
• Individual or group
• Weekly-multiple times a week

• Common Activities:
• Initial phoneme isolation
• Tell me the first sound in...
• Phoneme identification
• Find me all the words that begin with...
• Phoneme isolation and identification across words
• This little guy’s name is Dan. Find me all the toys that start with
• Odd-one-out task
• Which one of these words is not like the other? Cat, car, fan, comb? 

• Other Comments:
• Often pairs with other phonological procedures like minimal pairs
• Broad goal of approach is to improve phonological awareness 
• Research shows that children with speech sound disorders have lower phonological skills, which puts them at risk for literacy difficulties 
• Could benefit:
• AAC users
• Deaf/hard of hearing individuals
• Language disorders
• Apraxia
• Dyslexia