What Is The Optimal Length Of Phonomena Training Sessions?
The length of time per session in our trials proved difficult for some. Once we had set this for the trials, we had to retain it and the results we publish state how they were achieved (i.e. to maintain consistency). We carried out further trials in a main stream school using similar protocols (so that there was continuation for comparison with the SLT trials) and the results are on our website. A paper which extensively details the trials and results has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication (June/July 2005) in Elsevier’s ‘Brain and Language’ journal.We think that shorter sessions should also work and we are currently planning a further trial using 10 minute sessions to prove of this. A good rule of thumb at the moment is to aim for the same total length of training (say, 6 hours), but not to worry if this is divided into a large number of shorter sessions. Anecdotally, a language therapist using Phonomena in school for just two 20 minute sessions per week for a month report
