The ultimate goal of phonological intervention is to make unintelligible speech intelligible.
Discharging children who have achieved this goal can be a rewarding experience …

For children whose speech production skills lag behind expected developmental levels for
their community, it has become customary in the industrialized world to provide the child with …

Thirty children of preschool age with severe phonological disorders were randomly
assigned to two treatment groups. Group 1 received treatment for 4 months followed by 4 …

Children with phonological disorders often display difficulty in other domains of language.
Language-based approaches focus on all aspects of language; therefore, little attention may …

A major goal of phonological intervention is to help bring a child's speech development to
within normal range for his or her developmental stage. Reaching that goal may take longer …

Six preschoolers aged 3: 6 to 4: 8 (years: months), with moderate-to-severe disorders in both
language and phonology, received intervention that differentially focused on language …

Background: Single case studies are a valuable means of providing information about the
outcomes of speech and language intervention. Many previous studies have used …

The ending of therapy is a crucial time for speech-language pathologists and can impact on
their sense of achievement and satisfaction. Drawing on literature from psychotherapy …

Background: Recent research has shown that phonological awareness therapy can improve
speech production in children with expressive phonological disorders. This approach may …

A case is made that children should be intelligible before they begin school in order that the
development of normal literacy skills not be hindered by speech. In this article, treatment …