If your child is highly unintelligible or has multiple phonological patterns, Hodson’s Cycles can help them become more understandable quickly. Here are some of the reasons I love this approach:

Quick Improvement: By focusing on primary speech patterns that impact overall intelligibility, we often see faster results.

Suitable for Young Children: It works for kids as young as 3 years old.

Personalized Targets: We select specific patterns and words tailored to each child, usually only 4-5 words instead of a long list of words.

Word-Level Focus: We only need to work at the word level to see improvements.

Generalization: Working on specific patterns or sounds often improves other sounds that aren’t directly targeted.

Phonological Awareness: Hodson’s cycles includes phonological awareness activities that may boost literacy outcomes.

Fun and Fast: The method is engaging and can be done quickly.