Which therapy approach uses modeling and patient imitation with progressive cueing and practice?

• A. Integral Stimulation
• B. Rate/Rhythm Therapy
• C. DTTC
• D. Melodic Intonation Therapy

Answer: (A)

Modeling speech and having the person imitate it, with cues gradually fading as accuracy improves, is the hallmark of this approach. Clinicians first demonstrate the target utterance, the client closely imitates it, and then prompts are reduced step by step while practice continues across increasingly challenging tasks. This repeated cycle of demonstration, imitation, and fading support helps build stable motor plans for speech.

Dynamic Tactile Cueing is a specific way to apply this same principle, adding tactile and other cues within the modeling/imitation framework. Other therapies you might see focus more on pacing or melodic elements rather than the model-and-imitate sequence.