Problem:
An SLP working in a rehabilitation center to assess a 5-year-old little boy referred due to lack of intelligibility (< 50% to strangers). The following are examples of some of the speech errors exhibited by the child: t/k (/t?p/ for /k?p/), d/g (/d?v/ for /g?v/), g/k (/g?r/ for /k?r/). The SLP decides that the child exhibits a phonological disorder. The intervention plan includes activities consisting of using minimal pairs, games, rhyming words, blending sounds, and auditory discrimination strategies.
1. Explain how these activities will accomplish the goal of increasing the 5-year-old little boy's intelligibility and correct his phonological disorder.
2. What are some other possible activities the SLP might consider?