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u SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND APPROACHES (chapter 8) I. INTRODUCTION** u Intervention for speech sound disorders is very exciting u There is nothing in the world like the feeling you get when a child first says a sound correctly!! These are ideas I use as an SLP in my job in the schools: Using classroom language arts books for therapy—helps us help kids achieve Common Core State Standards: According to our text ch. 8:** u Most tx approaches move from a simple to complex level of training (except the concurrent approach) u Some approaches do contradict each other (e.g., start w/ stimulable vs. nonstimulable sounds) The point is to remain flexible…** u And do what is best for each individual client Non-Speech Oral-Motor Exercises** u PBH do not believe that oral motor exercises are beneficial for anybody u They say research has not proven that oral motor exercises help u Roseberry’s position: these exercises are very helpful for children with oral motor problems II. TRADITIONAL APPROACH (Van Riper)** • Around since 1920s • Still popular and widely-used today • However, most SLPs really don’t do ear training any more (info on ear training on p. 402 is not on exam) A. Production Training: Sound Establishment B. Production Training: Sound Stabilization** • Stage 6 Conversation • ↑ • Stage 5 Sentences • ↑ • Stage 4 Phrases • ↑ • Stage 3 Words • ↑ • Stage 2 Nonsense syllables • ↑ • Stage 1 Isolation • 1 • 2. • 3. For example, with /s/:** • Begin with soup, see, sun (wordinitial) • Next: bus, face, piece (word-final) • Then: Classes, lesson (word-medial) • Last: Crust, stop, faster (clusters) • **4. Phrases – in-between stage—carrier phrases common—e.g.: • I see ____ • This is___ • 5. Sentences – various length and complexity (examples bottom of p. 405) To establish sound in sentences: • 6. Conversation** • Start with structured conv.—e.g., SLP gives a topic or specific pictures to talk about • Transition to natural conv.—open ended. E.g., “Tell me what costume you wore for Halloween.’ C. Transfer and Carryover** • Vary the audience and settings • Speech assignments • In small groups—what are some practical strategies for implementing these ideas in a school setting? D. Maintenance III. CONCURRENT APPROACH (lecture notes only—not text) CSHA Dr. Steve Skelton For example, in one session:** • 1. /r/ in final position of words • 2. /r/ in VC combos • 3. /r/ in sentences in word-initial position • 4. /r/ in word-medial position in phrases Dr. Skelton: ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS FOR ELICITING AT LEAST 150 PRODUCTIONS PER GROUP SESSION • Post charts individual/group competition** • Create stations--students do something different every minute or so while practicing sounds • E.g., one ch on whiteboard, one putting puzzle together, one lying on floor, one using flashcards at table • E.g., “Say /r/ 10 times by itself while you are doing jumping jacks.”** • “Say at least 3 sentences with /s/ while you draw a picture on the whiteboard.” • “Say ‘the’ while you are doing hopscotch” • Echo microphone** • Puppets, costumes • Roll a dice or draw number from envelope to determine how many productions they have to make OTHER IDEAS FOR CENTERS** • Read books or stories with target sound • Hula hoops • Jump rope IV. PHONOLOGICAL CONTRAST APPROACHES** • A. Introduction • These approaches have become popular and are supported by research • B. Minimal contrast training C. Maximal contrast training I really like contrast training because: V. COMPLEXITY APPROACH (Lecture only, not book)** • Most research done with individual children in a university setting (not tried in schools w/ diverse groups) • Best for ch with individual sound errors (e.g., w/r; j/l) • Assumes that the complex sounds are affricates, fricatives, and clusters and sounds that are not stimulable • Also assumes that later-developing sounds (e.g., /tʃ/, /r/ ) are more complex than earlier-developing sounds (e.g., /m/ and /p/) Premise: VI. HODSON’S CYCLES APPROACH (emphasized on exam!)** • A. Introduction • General Procedures 1. Stimulation—use of auditory, tactile, visual cues to ↑awareness of target sounds 2. Production training —produce correct sound 3. Semantic awareness contrasts — minimal pair training • Remediation program planned around a cycle** • Cycle: time period required for Ch to focus on each deficient phonological pattern for 2-6 hours • Pattern = phonological process • Focuses on teaching stimulable sounds • Early on, stick to simple CVC words B. Selection of Target Patterns and Phonemes** • Top Priority: • 1. Early-developing phonological patterns: • Initial and final consonant deletion of stops, nasals, and glides • CVC and VCV word structures • Posterior-anterior contrasts (k-g, t-d, h) • /s/ clusters--word initial clusters /sp, st, sm, sn, sk/ and word-final clusters /ts, ps, ks/ • Liquids /r/ and /l/ and clusters containing these liquids In order to move onto secondary patterns (next slide), the child must demo:** • Appropriate syllableness • Production of single consonants • Some emergence of velars and /s/ clusters • Productions of practice words with /l/ and /r/ without gliding (no w/r or j/l) 2. Secondary Patterns (for later— see criteria bottom of p. 414) C. Structure of Remediation Cycles** • 1. Train each phoneme exemplar within a target pattern for 60 min per cycle before going to the next phoneme • 2. Train 2 or more target phonemes in successive weeks within a pattern before changing to the next target pattern • (2+ hours on each pattern within a cycle) • ** D. Structure of Therapy Sessions • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • 6. E. Home Program** • Caretakers are asked to read the 12-item word list once a day. • Child is asked to name the 3-5 pictures once a day (may also produce other target words) VII. NATURALISTIC APPROACH** • A. Introduction • Focuses on improving child’s overall intelligibility and whole-word accuracy first, then works on individual phonemes in error • For severely involved children like preschoolers, those with Down Syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy • Approximations of sounds OK This is what DJ and I do a lot in our preschool SDC at Grand Oaks Elementary Work in the child’s natural settings— and have fun! Speech recast: Example of a speech recast I just did with 3-yr old Brandon (Down Syndrome):** • Brandon (pointing to Candyland card): “u!!” • Dr. R.: “That’s right, Brandon! Yay! That is blue.” • Brandon (Dr. R’s lucky day): “bu!” (A CV combination with lip rounding and everything!!) VIII. CORE VOCABULARY APPROACH (a fave )** • A. Introduction • Designed for the 10% of children with functional SSDs characterized by inconsistent errors on the same words • These children don’t have childhood apraxia of speech • Been used with 2-year olds, bilingual children, Down Syndrome Inconsistent SSD: assess child’s multiple productions of the same word in the same phonetic context** For example: (25 pictures) • • • • • 1. Child is asked to produce “cat” 2. Activity 3. Asked to produce “cat” 4. Activity 5. Asked to produce “cat” Scoring: B. Structure of Intervention I love it!! IX. Language Treatment for Phonological Disorders--PBH** • PBH: research is inconclusive re: the question: Can language therapy improve children’s speech skills? • Bottom line: If the child has a language and speech disorder, best to do both language and speech therapy simultaneously. • In other words, don’t just do language therapy and hope that somehow better speech sound production will magically improve follow X. Combining Therapy for Language and Speech Sound Disorders** • We can connect speech sound production to children’s morphosyntactic skills • If children have final consonant deletion or cluster reduction, they will have problems with some morphemes These morphemes include:** • Past tense –ed (jumped, scared) • Plural –s (pots, sidewalks) • Regular 3rd person –s (eats, runs) • Possessive –s (Grant’s, Bob’s) Therapy suggestions: For example (FCD):** • Plurals: toe-toes key-keys • Possessives: Joe-Joe’s Ray-Ray’s • Regular past tense –ed showshowed If the child uses cluster reduction:** • Plurals boat-boats cup-cups • Possessives cat-cat’s Dad-Dad’s • Regular past walk-walked • Irregular past drink-drank hold-held We can also connect phonology to semantics:** • Children with language impairments often have difficulty with verbs • For velar fronting: caught tame-came; taught- • Stopping of fricatives: tee-see, toe-sew, tipship • Final consonant deletion: shoe-shoot, rayrake; say-sail