PURPOSE: to investigate relevant therapy factors on evolution of children with phonological/phonetic disorders and theatrical approaches of therapy chosen by therapists. METHODS: eighteen speech therapists had been interviewed about therapeutic approaches and evolution of phonological/phonetic disorders children. RESULTS: it shows that phonological and phonetical approaches are predominant despite emotional factors are relevant because they create child resistances to therapy. The therapists do not study these factors in supervision or graduation courses. CONCLUSIONS: the most mentioned difficulty was the child's resistance to accept the instrumental work of speech, and it is treated as an emotional factor, being this aspect one of those referred to as deficient in the professional qualification. Phonetic and phonological approaches are the more used in therapy.
Speech Therapy; Articulation Disorders; Phonetics
