Which is a cyclical goal attack strategy?

• A. Treat the following for two hours each in sequence: /ɡ/, /l/, /st/; then the following for two hours each in sequence: /k/, /ɹ/, /sp/.
• B. Treat /s/ until 90% correct; then treat /z/ until 90% correct.
• C. Treat velar fronting in /k, g, ŋ/ simultaneously until the process is observed less than 20% of the time.
• D. Treat /k/ and /f/ simultaneously until 70% correct; then treat /ʃ/ and /ɹ/ simultaneously until 70% correct.

Answer: (A)

Cyclical goal attack means you treat multiple targets in blocks, then rotate back to work on those targets again in later cycles rather than mastering one target before moving to the next. The described plan fits this by organizing treatment into two-hour blocks for a set of phonemes in sequence (/ɡ, l, st/), and then switching to a different set (/k, ɹ, sp/) for the next cycle. This pattern shows clear cycling through distinct goal groups within cycles, with the implicit idea that you’ll revisit the earlier targets in subsequent cycles.

The other approaches don’t capture that rotating, cycle-based structure. Targeting one sound to a high level before moving on is a linear, vertical progression rather than a cycle. Treating several sounds that share a process at once is a simultaneous, process-focused strategy, not cycling among independent goal sets. Treating two sounds at a time until a criterion is met and then moving to another pair lacks the explicit cyclical reassessment of earlier targets across multiple cycles.