Differential Diagnosis and Treatment 2e

Barbara Dodd, University of Queensland, Australia

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).

Preface. General Preface. Contributors. Acknowledgements. PART I: UNDERSTANDING SPEECH-DISORDERED CHILDREN. Chapter 1. Children with speech disorder: defining the problem. Chapter 2. Children's quisition of phonology. Chapter 3. Differential diagnosis of phonological disorders. Chapter 4. Childhood apraxia of speech. Chapter 5. Epidemiology of speech disorders. Chapter 6. The relationship between specch disorder and language. PART II: TREATMENT OF PHONOLOGICAL DISORDER. Chapter 7. A problem-solving approach to clinical management. Chapter 8. A procedure for classification of speech disoder. Chapter 9. Phonological approaches to intervention. Chapter 10. Treating inconsistent speech disorders. Chapter 11. Childhood apraxia of speech: treatment case studies. Chapter 12. Clinical differences. PART III: SPEECH DISORDERS IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS. Chapter 13. Phonological abilities of children with cognitive impairment. Chapter 14. Hearing impairment. Chapter 15. The relationship between auditory processing and phonological impairment. Chapter 16. Bilingual children with phonological disorders: identification and intervention. Chapter 17. Understanding the relationship between speech and language impairment and literacy difficulties: the central role of phonology. Appendices. References. Index.