Total Speech: Blending Techniques in Speech and Language Therapy [Hardcover]

About the Authors

The Purpose of this Book

Chapter 1 - Speech Sound Disorders - Setting the Scene

Chapter 2 - When Speech Sound Disorders become persistent

Chapter 3 - Popular Therapy Techniques

Chapter 4 - Adding an extra dimension

Chapter 5 - Time for Total Speech

Chapter 6 - IEP / EHCP Goals Bank

Chapter 7 - Running a Total Speech group

Chapter 8 - Total Speech  the Pathway

Conclusions

Bibliography

Appendices

This book explores how speech and language therapists can use a wide range of multi-modal therapy techniques to elicit speech sound. By using a total communication approach, the book provides clinicians with the confidence to best meet the needs of clients with more complex clinical backgrounds.

This book explores how speech and language therapists can use a wide range of multi-modal therapy techniques to elicit speech sound. Due to the nature of the approach, there is a limited evidence base in the area, so this book draws on the authors extensive experience, as well as testimonials from families who have been successfully supported by the approach, to offer a new and unique perspective for therapy. By using a total communication approach, the book provides clinicians with the confidence to be more open and experimental in their practice, when traditional routes are proving unsuccessful, to best meet the needs of clients with more complex clinical backgrounds.

Chapters include the following:

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