Here's How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Second Edition (Here's How Series) - Softcover

Margaret Fish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597566179 ISBN 13: 9781597566179

Publisher: Plural Publishing, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

Here's How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Second Edition is the most comprehensive textbook available addressing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). This text is the definitive reference for students and professionals seeking current best practices in treating children with CAS.

The book is divided into three parts. Part I defines CAS, describes those characteristics most commonly associated with CAS, and offers guidelines for conducting a thorough motor speech evaluation to support an accurate differential diagnosis. Part II summarizes the principles of motor learning and provides clear guidance for how these principles can be put into practice when working with children with CAS. Part III addresses specific topics of interest to clinicians and students looking for practical ideas on how to address the multifaceted challenges of children with CAS such as vowels, prosody, expressive language, social language, and incorporating phonological awareness in CAS treatment. Additional recommendations are provided for supporting the needs of children with limited verbal output and older children with ongoing communicative challenges, working with parents, developing treatment plans, and writing meaningful goals and objectives.

Each chapter of this second edition has been updated to incorporate the most current evidence-based information available on CAS. In addition, five new chapters have been added, including:

• Principles of Motor Learning and Their Application to Treatment of CAS (Chapter 4)
• Evidence-Based Treatment Programs for Children with CAS (Chapter 10)
• Supporting the Needs of Older Children with Ongoing Communicative Challenges (Chapter 15)
• Using Apps with Children with CAS (Chapter 21)
• Developing Meaningful Goals for Children with CAS (Chapter 23)

Here's How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Second Edition will be of value to students and speech-language pathologists looking for practical, evidence-based recommendations for addressing the diverse needs of children with CAS.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Fish, MS, CCC-SLP, has been providing speech and language services to children for over thirty years. She currently works in private practice in Highland Park, Illinois, with children with severe speech sound disorders and language disorders, with a specific interest in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). Margaret provides workshops to speech-language pathologists across the country on assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment of CAS. Her workshops and writing help to blend evidence-based principles of treatment with practical assessment and intervention ideas. Margaret serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA).

Review:

"Here's How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Second Edition is an incredibly comprehensive resource book, essential for SLPs! It is an informative, organized, friendly, current and most importantly practical resource, and one that I use often, even with my own extensive knowledge in CAS. Thank-you Dee Fish for your obvious Herculean effort to provide us with one all-encompassing book for both evaluation and treatment techniques for such a challenging disorder in children!" --Nancy R. Kaufman, MA, CCC-SLP, Director / Speech-Language Pathologist, Kaufman Children's Center for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor and Social Connections, Inc.

"...a blessing this semester with my clients with CAS. It has been a phenomenal resource to refer back to time and time over again since it is so clinically applicable." --Katherine Cammack, Graduate Clinician, Speech-Language Pathology, Saint Louis University

About this edition

• Publisher: Plural Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1597566179
• ISBN 13: 9781597566179
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 464