This book looks at the major changes that have occurred in the
theory and practice of speech therapy for children with
developmental speech disorders. It looks at current issues and
their clinical implications, but the overall aim of the book is to
set clinical practice firmly in a theoretical framework. While it
is therefore essentially a practical book for practitioners, it
also engages in the academic investigation of the nature of the
different types of developmental speech disorders and their
consequences for the children. This discussion provides the
framework in which to consider clinical management and specific
clinical techniques.
A recurrent theme throughout each chapter is the impact of
linguistics upon our understanding and management of children' s
problems in learning to pronounce. There is no doubt that the
linguistic revolution in speech and language pathology has produced
an entirely new perspective on these disorders by identifying the
phonological dimension of speech development.
Of equal importance is the expansion of knowledge about
children' s language development. Much more information is now
available about phonological development in terms of what the
developmental changes are and when they occur. This information is
valuable in assessment and diagnosis. The book also includes a
number of competing theories explaining how children develop their
pronunciation patterns. These theories provide the premises upon
which to establish a principled theory of therapy.
To reflect these issues and their clinical implications the
book is divided into three sections. The first section explores the
framework within which to discuss developmental speech
disorders.The second section covers three specific types of
pathological conditions with which developmental speech disorders
are associated. The third section examines the problems of children
who have no evident major disabling condition and yet they
experience severe difficulties learning to pronounce and
subsequently, more often than not, learning to read and write.
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