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Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the key terms used across PhonicsPath.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Phoneme | A single unit of sound in a word — for example /s/, /th/, /r/. Phonemes are written between slashes to distinguish them from letters. |
| Target word | A word picked specifically because it contains a phoneme the child is working on. |
| Initial / medial / final position | Where in the word the target phoneme sits — at the start (sun), the middle (basket), or the end (bus). |
| Program | The structured plan a clinician builds for a single client: a goal, target phonemes, and an ordered list of activities. |
| Activity | One reusable practice task — usually a small list of target words sharing a phoneme, optionally with audio or images. |
| Path | The visual sequence of activities a child sees in the kid portal. |
| Adaptive difficulty | Automatic adjustment of word difficulty (Easy / Medium / Hard) based on the child's recent scores. |
| Practice owner | The admin role with full access — billing, team, settings, every client. Usually the practice principal. |
| Clinician | A speech pathologist with access to assigned clients only. |
| Review | A clinician confirming or correcting the AI's pronunciation score on a child's recording. |
| AI score | The 1–5 star rating PhonicsPath generates automatically for each recording before a clinician reviews it. |
| Heatmap | The grid on the report that visualises score distribution per phoneme — red, amber, green. |