Which statement best describes multiple oppositions therapy?

• A. It uses single-contrast therapy with one phoneme at a time
• B. It utilizes the child's collapse of phonemic contrasts within minimal pair therapy
• C. It relies on non-contrastive cycles alone
• D. It only targets articulation placement

Answer: (B)

Multiple oppositions therapy is about restoring the ability to contrast sounds that a child has collapsed into one another. When a child substitutes many different phonemes with a single one, their phonemic system is reduced and intelligibility drops. MO addresses this by using a group of contrasts at once: you choose a target sound and pair it with several other sounds the child confuses, using many minimal pairs in the same approach. This way, the child learns to produce the target distinctly from multiple opposing sounds, rebuilding multiple phonemic contrasts in a single framework rather than working on one contrast in isolation. This explains why the description that emphasizes using the child’s collapsed contrasts within minimal pair therapy best captures MO. The other ideas describe approaches that focus on a single contrast, cycle-based non-contrastive practice, or articulation placement only, which aren’t what MO is about.