Now thoroughly updated and presented in an innovative new format, this proven resource provides a detailed, versatile guide to the care and treatment of individuals with speech sound disorders. Covering a wide range of disorders spanning client ages, populations, and settings, this authoritative text is ideal for both students and professionals. In addition to extensive updates reflecting recent clinical and theoretical advances, the new, groundbreaking Third Edition offers two valuable resources in one convenient package, complementing the traditional text with an extensive digital workbook. Digital materials include hands-on exercises to help students practice analyses and procedures described in the text, as well as downloadable forms and an online instructor’s resource. What hasn’t changed is the text’s signature practical focus, with a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice and varied options for clinical treatment to ensure an appropriate approach based on each client’s unique needs.

Preface.
Acknowledgements.

Part 1. FOUNDATIONS.
1. Speech and its Disorders.
2. Terminology.
3. Speech Variations.

Part 2. SPEECH DEVELOPMENT.
4. The Neurology of Speech Learning.
5. Infants.
6. Toddlers.
7. Preschoolers.
8. School-Age Students.
9. Summary of Speech Development.

Part 3. ASSESSMENT.
10. Assessment of Communication.
11. Hypothesis Testing.
12. Data Collection.
13. Analysis.
14. Published Tests.

Part 4. TREATMENT.
15. Treatment Principles.
16. Goals.
17. Treatment Sounds.
18. Talking with Children.
19. Talking About Speech.
20. Phonetic Placement and Shaping.
21. Treatment Approaches.
22. Treatment Activities.

List of Resources.
References.
Index.

AUTHOR
Ken M. Bleile
(University of Northern Iowa,
and visiting scholar in universities in Turkey, Singapore, Russia, and New Zealand.)

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