Introduction to Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders

Rhea Paul, Ph.D., received her bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1971, her master's degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1975, and her doctorate in communication disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981. Dr. Paul has published more than 90 journal articles, 40 book chapters, and 8 books. Her research on language development in toddlers with delayed language acquisition was funded by the National Institutes of Health. She has also held grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Foundation, the Medical Research Foundation, and the National Association for Autism Research. Dr. Paul has been a fellow of ASHA since 1991 and received the 1996 Editor's Award from the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. In September 1997, she accepted a joint appointment in the Communication Disorders Department at Southern Connecticut State University and the Child Study Center at Yale University. She spent the summer of 1998 as a visiting professor at the University of Sydney in Australia. Dr. Paul received a Yale Mellon Fellowship for 1998-1999 and the Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Scholar Award for 1999. She was recently awarded an Erskine Fellowship to spend a semester as a visiting scholar at Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand. The second edition of her textbook, Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence: Assessment and Intervention, was published in 2001 by Mosby in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Paul has been teaching child language development and disorders courses for 20 years.

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About the Editor
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction to Clinical Practice in Communication Disorders, Rhea Paul

Appendix 1A 2014 Standards and Implementation Procedures for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
Appendix 1B 2012 Standards and Implementation Procedures for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology

Chapter 2 Ethical Practice in Communication Disorders, Rhea Paul and Paul W. Cascella

Appendix 2A ASHA Code of Ethics (ASHA, 2010)
Appendix 2B American Academy of Audiology Code of Ethics

Chapter 3 Evidence-Based Decision Making in Communication Intervention, Marc E. Fey, Laura M. Justice, and Mary Beth Schmitt

Chapter 4 Principles of Communication Assessment, Michelle MacRoy-Higgins and Elizabeth E. Galletta

Chapter 5 Communication Sampling Procedures, Patrick R. Walden, Monica Gordon-Pershey, and Rhea Paul

Chapter 6 Communication Intervention: Principles and Procedures, Froma Roth and Rhea Paul

Chapter 7 Interviewing, Counseling, and Clinical Communication, Kevin M. McNamara

Chapter 8 Public Policies Affecting Clinical Practice , Michele A. Anderson and Nickola W. Nelson

Chapter 9 Clinical Service Delivery and Work Settings, Mary H. Purdy, Paul W. Cascella, and James J. Dempsey

Chapter 10 Issues of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Brian A. Goldstein and Aquiles Iglesias

Chapter 11 Technology and Communication Disorders, Elizabeth S. Simmons, Donald A. Vogel, and Gladys Millman

Chapter 12 Family-Centered Practice, Denise LaPrade Rini and Jane Hindenlang

Chapter 13 Research in Clinical Practice: Procedures for Development of Single-Case Experimental Designs, Geralyn R. Timler and Michelle S. Bourgeois

Glossary
Answer Key
Index