This course will cover two days. Day one will be a face to face session on the 7th December 2026 on Trinity University campus, Dublin (9.30-4.30), where we will focus on revision of phonetic transcription using the IPA considering single sound, single word and connected speech levels. Reaching differential diagnosis of subtypes of speech sound disorder in children will be considered in light of phonetic and phonological analyses of speech data collected during child speech assessment.

Day two will be delivered online on the 14th January 2027 (9.30-4.30). In this session, we will build on the learning from day one and concentrate on two phonological approaches of interest: conventional minimal pairs and multiple oppositions. We will spend time applying these approaches to several case studies to support application of evidence to practice.