Clinical Management of Speech Sound Disorders: A Case-Based Approach

Clinical Management of Speech Sound Disorders: A Case-Based Approach begins with a review of the application and significance of case-based or problem-cased learning in the field of speech-language pathology. This comprehensive resource is organized by intervention approach and includes helpful case studies and videos.

Content and topics include a review of the following approaches: Traditional, Multiple Phoneme, Paired Stimuli, and Cycles Phonological Remediation approach. Clinical Management of Speech Sound Disorders: A Case-Based Approach also presents interventions such as: Minimal Pair, Multiple Oppositions, and Complexity approaches to intervention.

Each chapter will feature a clinical case study/vignette which will serve as the clinical scenario for assessment, interpretation, and intervention planning. Student resources include workbook sections for intervention planning, as well as helpful videos. The clinical vignettes will allow students to learn about clinical management including assessment, interpreting assessment information, determining intervention approaches, establishing long and short term treatment goals, identifying treatment targets, and evaluating and reporting progress.

Practicing clinicians and students will utilize this guide as a valuable “how to” manual for working with children with speech sound disorders. This case-based or problem-based learning approach will facilitate critical thinking and problem solving in a clinical context and provide students and clinicians with guidance, support, and resources for the clinical management of children with speech sound disorders based on the best available evidence.