SummaryThis paper presents a therapeutic approach based on psycholinguistic theory as a method for initiating two word utterances in children's spontaneous language. The method of treatment has been used experimentally for several years as an individual treatment program in a clinical setting. The subjects were three and four year old children who used only single word utterances. The responses of these subjects to this approach indicated that this theory and therapy was a useful method to enable these children with language problems to proceed in the developmental sequence of language acquisition.