In this article, we consider what is known about how to work effectively with families of
children with disabilities, including those with little or no functional speech. Existing …

Scientific evidence combines with practical knowledge to prepare professionals to work
effectively with children with speech sound disorders and their families. This resource distills …

Purpose This commentary, written in response to Alan Kamhi's paper,“Treatment Decisions
for Children with Speech–Sound Disorders,” further considers the “what” or goal selection …

Purpose This article describes guiding principles in early intervention (EI) and demonstrates
how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can apply these principles to best serve infants …

The aim was to investigate consensus between speech and language therapists (SLT)
during the initial assessment of preschool children. A multimethod design was used. The …

Purpose This scoping review synthesized existing qualitative studies to provide conceptual
clarity to “parents' perspectives” in speech, language, and communication interventions for …

Background Children with speech‐sound disorders (SSD) constitute a significant proportion
of speech–language pathologists'(SLPs) caseloads. Previous research has investigated the …

Parents of 210 preschool children (age 2–5.7) and their clinicians were asked to describe
their expectations for therapy and the changes they observed following treatment. Based on …

Background: The Child Talk study aimed to develop an evidence-based framework to
support the decision-making of speech and language therapists (SLTs) as they design and …

Purpose Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is recommended to be
included in communication interventions directed at children/youth with severe/profound …