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From: Kevin Eldridge
Date: 22 Oct 2012
Time: 08:49:57 -0500
Remote Name: 67.165.187.114
Since we are talking about a hypothetical 3 or 5 year old, I will hypothesize that this little guy is not blocking on every word he is saying. Therefore, before I would even think of trying to teach this pre-k child to use an easy onset, I would work with the parents to help them discover situations where the child produces more (if not all) naturally flowing speech. I would then encourage them to engage the child in natural loving communication in these settings, so that the child (and parents) experience more of this naturally flowing speech. In my mind, trying to ask a child that young to speak in a volitional way is much more precarious.