Treatment Resource Manual for Speech-Language Pathology

Froma P. Roth, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of hearing and speech sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her bachelor's degree from Hunter College, her master's degree from Queens College, and her doctoral degree from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Dr. Roth's current research interests focus on the relationship between oral language development and early reading and writing acquisition, phonological awareness intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language deficits, and language and literacy development in children with cochlear implants. Colleen K. Worthington, M.S., is director of the speech-language clinic in the department of hearing and speech sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and her master's degree from Loyola College, Baltimore. Her primary clinical and research interests include language development, phonology, and the supervisory process, including investigating the effectiveness of commercially available phonological awareness intervention programs.

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Tables. Case Examples by Disorder. List of Forms and Figures. PART I: Preparing for Effective Intervention. Ch 1: The Essential Ingredients of Good Therapy: Basic Skills. Ch 2: Information Reporting Systems and Techniques. Part II: Providing Treatment for Communication Disorders. Ch 3: Intervention for Articulation and Phonology in Children. Ch 4: Intervention for Language in Infants and Preschool Children. Ch 5: Intervention for Language in School-Age Children Through Adolescence. Ch 6: Intervention for Adult Aphasia, the Dysarthrias, and Apraxia of Speech (With an Introduction to Dysphagia). Ch 7: Intervention for Fluency. Ch 8: Intervention for Voice and Alaryngeal Speech. Ch 9: Client and Family Counseling. Appendix A: Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology. Appendix B: Code of Ethics of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Appendix C: Multicultural Tables. Appendix D: International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols. References. Index