What does corrective feedback aim to achieve in therapy sessions?

Corrective feedback serves the primary purpose of reducing incorrect responses during therapy sessions. By providing clients with specific information regarding their mistakes, therapists can guide them towards understanding the correct way to perform tasks or use language. This type of feedback is essential in helping clients recognize areas of difficulty and work through them systematically, thereby improving their overall performance and proficiency.

While boosting confidence, clarifying task objectives, and encouraging social interaction are all important aspects of therapy, they are not the main focus of corrective feedback. Instead, corrective feedback specifically targets the learning process associated with errors, prompting clients to adjust their responses and enhancing their skill development in a structured manner. This direct approach to correcting mistakes is crucial for effective learning and communication improvement in speech-language therapy.