When Targeting Pre-Tonic Weak Syllable Deletion, It Can Be Helpful

When targeting pre-tonic weak syllable deletion, it can be helpful to start:

A) with mimed imitation, so that the child see the mouth movements necessary for the first syllable.
B) at phrase level (e.g., big potato / /) rather than word level.
C) with imitation of each syllable at level (e.g., potato /p/, /te/, /to/) before progressing to phrase level.
D) with spondees and words comprising Sw stress before progressing to wS and wSw stress patterns.