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Quick Reference Guide to Early Language and Speech Sound Treatment Approaches

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Population:

Pediatric

Discipline:

SLP

Diagnosis:

Articulation and PhonologyLanguage Development

References:

  • Alt, M., Meyers, C., Oglivie, T., Nicholas, K., & Arizmendi, G. (2014). Cross-situational statistically based word learning intervention for late-talking toddlers. Journal of Communication Disorders.
  • Peter, B., Potter, N., Davis, J., Donenfeld-Peled, I., Finestack, L., Stoel-Gammon, C., ... & VanDam, M. (2020). Toward a paradigm shift from deficit-based to proactive speech and language treatment: Randomized pilot trial of the Babble Boot Camp in infants with classic galactosemia. F1000Research, 8, 271.
  • Kaiser, A. P., & Roberts, M. Y. (2013). Parent-implemented enhanced milieu teaching with preschool children who have intellectual disabilities. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
  • Meadan, H., Stoner, J. B., & Angell, M. E. (2015). Parent perspectives on home-based intervention: The parent-implemented communication strategies (PiCS) project. Journal of the American Association of Special Education Professionals, Spring/Summer 2015.
  • Harris, J. (2020). Strategies for encouraging language development: Naturalistic approaches. Early Language Development, 193–206.
  • Akemoglu, Y., & Meadan, H. (2019). Parent-implemented communication strategies during storybook reading. Journal of Early Intervention.
  • Munro, N., Baker, E., Masso, S., Carson, L., Lee, T., Wong, A. M. Y., & Stokes, S. F. (2021). Vocabulary acquisition and usage for late talkers treatment: Effect on expressive vocabulary and phonology. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(7), 2682-2697.
  • Pentimonti, J., Shaw Attaway, D., Harris Little, M., Holod, A., Buysse, V., Walker, D., & Bigelow, K. (2022). Impacts of a parent-implemented language intervention on children’s language development within home visiting. Infants & Young Children.
  • Storkel, H. L. (2018). The complexity approach to phonological treatment: How to select treatment targets. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49(3), 463–481.
  • Williams, A. L., McLeod, S., & McCauley, R. J. (2021). Interventions for speech sound disorders in children. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
  • Dodd, B., Holm, A., Crosbie, S., & McIntosh, B. (2006). A core vocabulary approach for management of inconsistent speech disorder. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 8(3), 220–230.
This is a quick guide to what evidence-based treatment approaches exist to tackle speech sound and language disorders in children under 6 years old.
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