Apraxia Uncovered: The Seven Stages of Phoneme Development

Using a month-by-month developmental framework, Apraxia Uncovered describes how to nurture sound development in children who have great difficulty learning to make sounds and speech. Pam Marshalla integrates information from articulation, phonology, oral-motor, and infant vocal development into a comprehensive plan of treatment. Apraxia Uncovered will help you understand how to help the child make a wider variety of consonants, vowels, syllables and words, and to become more intelligible. Techniques are appropriate for children of all ages.

• Hundreds of therapy suggestions
• Reference book that fully summarises lecture material
• Based on thirty years of Pam’s clinical experience
• Pam’s famous practical style

NB. This book was created as a companion reference for the Apraxia Uncovered audio seminar on three CDs. For professionals with experience in this subject, the book by itself can serve as a valuable resource. If you are interested in the CDs, please contact us using the Questions? button above.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Seven Stages of Phoneme Development

1. Preparing – getting the voice ready for speech
2. Speechifying – making utterances sound speech-like
3. Honing – zeroing-in on non-vocalic consonants differentiated by place
4. Oscillating – incorporating reciprocating oral movements
5. Solidifying – establishing basic syllable constructions
6. Advancing – leaping beyond simple syllable constructions
7. Finishing – adding clusters and stridency at all levels of speech

Appendix A - 7 Stages Outline

Appendix B - 7 Stages of Phoneme Development

"I have found this book so helpful for my understanding of speech development. Marshalla really explains phonological development and how our understanding of the natural progression can help us with so many clients when we overlay the process (stretched out or compressed) over our clients’ progress. Love this book."
- Alison Kerry, SLP

"I found Apraxia Uncovered to be extremely powerful in my understanding of apraxia and how to better treat my young students experiencing speech motor planning issues! Thank you!"
- Kathleen Anasagasti, SLP

"I consider this book a “must have” for my library. I refer to it again and again as a resource to determine next steps for interventions with children on my caseload."
- Mary Richardson Vaughan, SLP