Group funology
Author: Gwen Lancaster, Shelagh Benford, Gerry Buckley, Alison Langshaw & Emma McCormack
Magazine issue: Summer 09
Page numbers: 8-10
Date: 31 May 2009
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Gwen Lancaster and colleagues describe a way of working with children with speech impairments in groups that has been used over a 5 year period in North Bristol. It is theoretically grounded but entails a quite direct approach to helping children change their speech output in order to be more easily understood. The authors explain the influence of Hewlett’s (1990) explanatory model, and the inclusion of children with any degree of severity and any type of error pattern through the use of word sets of maximal and minimal pairs. Ideas for session themes and activities are included, along with practical detail on working with the children’s speech. The emphasis at all times is on motivating the children through keeping energy, involvement and fun levels high.
