Paediatric speech and language therapists are challenged by diminished
resources and increasingly complex caseloads. The edition addresses their
concerns and norms for speech development are given, differentiating between
the emergence of the ability to produce speech sounds (articulation) and
typical developmental error patterns (phonology).Paediatric speech and language therapists are challenged by diminished
resources and increasingly complex caseloads. The new edition addresses their
concerns. Norms for speech development are given, differentiating between the
emergence of the ability to produce speech sounds (articulation) and typical
developmental error patterns (phonology). The incidence of speech disorders is
described for one UK service providing crucial information for service
management. The efficacy of service provision is evaluated to show that
differential diagnosis and treatment is effective for children with disordered
speech. Exploration of that data provides implications for prioritising case
loads. The relationship between speech and language disorders is examined in
the context of clinical decisions about what to target in therapy. New chapters
provide detailed intervention programmes for subgroups of speech disorder:
delayed development, use of atypical error patterns, inconsistent errors and
development verbal dyspraxia. The final section of the book deals with special
populations: children with cognitive impairment, hearing and auditory
processing difficulties.; The needs of clinicians working with bilingual populations are discussed
and ways of intervention described. The final chapter examines the relationship
between spoken and written disorders of phonology.
