Main description:

This book explores how speech and language therapists can use a wide range of multi-modal therapy techniques to elicit speech sound. It 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, in order to best meet the needs of clients with more complex clinical backgrounds.
Chapters cover:
- Setting the scene
- Persistent speech sound disorders
- Popular techniques
- Adding the extra dimension
- Case studies
- Printable resources.

Together with printable material for families to take away, Total Speech shares success stories of how well-known techniques can be blended to achieve progress and results. It will be a useful addition to any Speech and Language Therapist wanting to add to their therapy tool kit.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

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