Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children

With detailed discussion and invaluable video footage of 23 treatment interventions for speech sound disorders (SSDs) in children, this textbook and DVD set should be part of every speech-language pathologist's professional preparation. Focusing on children with functional or motor-based speech disorders from early childhood through the early elementary period, this textbook gives preservice SLPs critical analyses of a complete spectrum of evidence-based phonological and articulatory interventions. This textbook fully prepares SLPs for practice with a vivid inside look at intervention techniques in action through DVD clips, large and varied collection of intervention approaches, and evidence-based intervention approaches. An essential core text for pre-service SLPs¿and an important professional resource for practicing SLPs, early interventionists, and special educators¿this book will help readers make the best intervention decisions for children with speech sound disorders.

About the Editors: A. Lynn Williams, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders, Associate Director, Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development, East Tennessee State University. Sharynne McLeod, Ph.D., is Professor, School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia. Rebecca J. McCauley, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Graduate Studies, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University.