Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children

An essential building block of every speech-language pathologists professional preparation, the second edition of this best-selling textbook is a comprehensive critical analysis of 21 interventions for highly prevalent speech sound disorders (SSD) in children.

Bringing together a powerhouse team of international experts, this new edition has been revised and enhanced with current research, new interventions, more guidance on selecting interventions, and updated video clips that show the approaches in action. For each intervention, readers will get a clear explanation of its robust evidence base, plus thorough guidance on implementing the approach, monitoring progress, and using the intervention with children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

A key graduate-level text and an important professional resource for practising SLPs, early interventionists, and special educators, this book will help readers choose and use the best interventions for children with functional or motor-based speech disorders.

What's new:

• 18 high-quality video clips that offer a vivid inside look at intervention techniques in action
• Expanded information on choosing interventions and implementing them with fidelity
• New featured interventions, including Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing and biofeedback approaches
• Up-to-date research on SSD and interventions, including Levels of Evidence tables that help readers evaluate the evidence base for each intervention
• In-depth discussion of how the interventions relate to the World Health Organisational EURO (TM)s model of participation
• New learning activities that help readers apply their understanding of each intervention

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Table of Contents

Front Matter

• Series Preface
• Editorial Advisory Board
• About the Video Clips and Downloads
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Foreword Caroline Bowen, Ph.D.
• Preface
• Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction - A. Lynn Williams, Sharynne McLeod, and Rebecca J. McCauley

Chapter 2 Learning How to Implement Interventions with Acceptable Fidelity - Elise Baker and A. Lynn Williams

Chapter 3 Minimal Pairs Intervention -Elise Baker

Chapter 4 Multiple Oppositions Intervention - A. Lynn Williams and Eleanor Sugden

Chapter 5 Complexity Approach - Michele L. Morrisette

Chapter 6 Integrated Phonological Awareness Intervention - Brigid C. McNeill and Gail T. Gillon

Chapter 7 Psycholinguistic Intervention - Michelle Pascoe and Joy Stackhouse

Chapter 8 Digital Tools for Interventions - Yvonne Wren, Sarah Masso, and A. Lynn Williams

Chapter 9 Speech Perception Intervention - Susan Rvachew and Françoise Brosseau-Lapré

Chapter 10 Core Vocabulary Intervention - Sharon Crosbie, Alison Holm, and Barbara Dodd

Chapter 11 The Cycles Approach - Raúl Francisco Prezas, Lesley C. Magnus, and Barbara Hodson

Chapter 12 Stimulability Approach - Adele W. Miccio and A. Lynn Williams

Chapter 13 Enhanced Milieu Teaching with Phonological Emphasis - Nancy J. Scherer, Ann Kaiser, and Jennifer R. Frey

Chapter 14 Naturalistic Recast Intervention - Stephen M. Camarata

Chapter 15 Morphosyntax and Speech Sound Interventions - Ann A. Tyler, Allison M. Haskill, and Jennifer Thompson Mackovjak

Chapter 16 Nonlinear Phonological Intervention - Barbara May Bernhardt

Chapter 17 Articulation Interventions - Jonathan L. Preston and Megan C. Leece

Chapter 18 The Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme - Pam Williams

Chapter 19 The PROMPT Approach - Deborah A. Hayden, Aravind K. Namasivayam, Roslyn Ward, Amy Clark, and Jennifer Eigen

Chapter 20 Speech Motor Programming Intervention - Kirrie Ballard and Donald A. Robin

Chapter 21 Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing - Edythe A. Strand

Chapter 22 Biofeedback Interventions - Joanne Cleland and Jonathan L. Preston

Chapter 23 Intervention Strategies for Developmental Dysarthria - Lindsay Pennington and Megan M. Hodge

Chapter 24 Choosing the Best Intervention: The Nexus among Interventions, Clients, and Clinicians - A. Lynn Williams, Rebecca J. McCauley, and Sharynne McLeod

Index

International Phonetic Alphabet and extended International Phonetic Alphabet charts

"Represents research-to-practice at its best....Clinicians will be able to utilize this all-inclusive and wide-ranging text to effectively and efficiently implement evidenced-informed intervention approaches for children with speech sound disorders."
- Brian Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Chief Academic Officer (CAO), Executive Dean, College of Rehabilitative Sciences, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

"Once again, Williams, McLeod, and McCauley have provided a one-stop shop on current, cutting-edge interventions for children with sound system disorders. It is a gift to our field for students and busy clinicians, who must have a feasible way to ensure competence with strong interventions that are firmly rooted in theory and empirical evidence."
- Julie Masterson, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate College, Missouri State University

"The importance of this text cannot be overstated...it will be a clinician’s best friend. Each chapter is logically organized and includes everything a clinician would need to (re)learn the fundamental tenets of these dynamic and robust intervention approaches."
- Kelly Farquharson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Florida State University

"A one-stop-shop for speech sound disorders interventions . . . provides a good balance of theory with practical, step-by-step guidelines to help SLPs feel confident when selecting and implementing evidence-based approaches."
- Amy Graham, M.A., CCC-SLP, Owner, Graham Speech Therapy LLC

"This is the book that everyday practicing SLPs will be reaching for daily to help build confidence in effectively treating speech sound disorders."
- Rebecca Reinking, MSLP, CPSP, CCC-SLP, Adventures in Speech Pathology