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Jasmine Intervention Plan
Angelina Starr
MS-SLP, University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences
SLP5115100 – Speech Sound Disorders
Rebecca R. Yates, CCC-SLP
August 13, 2025
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Client Name: Jasmine Chronological Age: 4;9
Client Background
Jasmine is four years and nine months old and has completed a comprehensive speech
and language evaluation. During her evaluation, her intelligibility in conversational speech was
74%, her DEAP articulation subtest revealed a standard score of 70, which placed her in the 2 nd
percentile, and presented speech errors in the following phonemes: /t, f, v, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, dʒ, l, r, ð, θ,
ʒ/. She presented stimulable for phonemes /t, f, v, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, dʒ, l, r/, but not for /ð, θ, ʒ/. Her
phonology subtest revealed a standard score of 75, which placed her in the 5th percentile, and she
displayed error patterns of backing and stopping. She has no concomitant speech, language, or
hearing errors co-occurring with her phonological error patterns.
Minimal Pairs Approach
The minimal pairs treatment approach is an evidence and research-based approach
designed for children ages 3;0-6;0 who exhibit phonological errors rather than articulatory errors,
and no concomitant speech, language, or hearing difficulties (Baker et al., 2010). The approach
is designed for children who have a mild-to-moderate severity with 1 or 2 sounds or processes in
error (Pavelko, 2019). With few sounds or processes in error, intelligibility would be classified
as higher due to only a few errors, and the approach prioritizes non-stimulable sounds. The
minimal pairs approach works to improve phonological awareness and auditory discrimination
by determining if a child can identify the different phonemes in sounds.
At four years and nine months old, Jasmine would be an appropriate candidate for the
minimal pairs approach. Jasmine fits the age criteria for the minimal pairs approach, being four
Jasmine Intervention Plan
Angelina Starr
MS-SLP, University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences
SLP5115100 – Speech Sound Disorders
Rebecca R. Yates, CCC-SLP
August 13, 2025
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Client Name: Jasmine Chronological Age: 4;9
Client Background
Jasmine is four years and nine months old and has completed a comprehensive speech
and language evaluation. During her evaluation, her intelligibility in conversational speech was
74%, her DEAP articulation subtest revealed a standard score of 70, which placed her in the 2 nd
percentile, and presented speech errors in the following phonemes: /t, f, v, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, dʒ, l, r, ð, θ,
ʒ/. She presented stimulable for phonemes /t, f, v, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, dʒ, l, r/, but not for /ð, θ, ʒ/. Her
phonology subtest revealed a standard score of 75, which placed her in the 5th percentile, and she
displayed error patterns of backing and stopping. She has no concomitant speech, language, or
hearing errors co-occurring with her phonological error patterns.
Minimal Pairs Approach
The minimal pairs treatment approach is an evidence and research-based approach
designed for children ages 3;0-6;0 who exhibit phonological errors rather than articulatory errors,
and no concomitant speech, language, or hearing difficulties (Baker et al., 2010). The approach
is designed for children who have a mild-to-moderate severity with 1 or 2 sounds or processes in
error (Pavelko, 2019). With few sounds or processes in error, intelligibility would be classified
as higher due to only a few errors, and the approach prioritizes non-stimulable sounds. The
minimal pairs approach works to improve phonological awareness and auditory discrimination
by determining if a child can identify the different phonemes in sounds.
At four years and nine months old, Jasmine would be an appropriate candidate for the
minimal pairs approach. Jasmine fits the age criteria for the minimal pairs approach, being four
