An essential building block of every speech-language pathologist's professional preparation, the second edition of this bestselling textbook is a comprehensive critical analysis of 21 interventions for highly prevalent speech sound disorders (SSD) in children. Bringing together a powerhouse team of international experts, this new edition has been revised and enhanced with current research, new interventions, more guidance on selecting interventions, and updated video clips that show the approaches in action. For each intervention, readers will get a clear explanation of its robust evidence base, plus thorough guidance on implementing the approach, monitoring progress, and using the intervention with children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.A key graduate-level text and an important professional resource for practicing SLPs, early interventionists, and special educators, this book will help readers choose and use the best interventions for children with functional or motor-based speech disorders. What's new: 18 high-quality video clips that offer a vivid inside look at intervention techniques in action Expanded information on choosing interventions and implementing them with fidelity New featured interventions, including Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing and biofeedback approaches Up-to-date research on SSD and interventions, including Levels of Evidence tables that help readers evaluate the evidence base for each intervention In-depth discussion of how the interventions relate to the World Health OrganizationaEURO (TM)s model of participation New learning activities that help readers apply their understanding of each intervention

There really is something for everyone in this unique collection of forty poems. Barbara May Boot takes a look back on her past - a time of ration books and old tin baths in 'Memories' and, as the title poem suggests, she contemplates the very nature of life itself as well as the great joy it can bring in 'The Golden Years'. The author warmly invites you into her world, which is one where music and song play a significant role, as in 'Our Ladies' Choir' and where you can never underestimate the power of a positive disposition in 'Give Away a Smile'. Along with her clear love of nature and laced with spiritual undertones, this is an inspiring book which can be leisurely enjoyed wherever you may be.

Let me introduce you to my book of forty poems by Barbara May Boot written especially with children in mind. There is a varied selection in the book ranging from fantasy like The Three P,s to The Quarrelsome Computer Keyboard, to the delightful, like My Horse Toby and Me, and Our Visit to Uncles Farm. Most of the poems are about children and the situations they find themselves in. All the poems are written in easy grammar for children aged four to six to be read to, and are able to understand and children six to ten who would enjoy reading them themselves. It is a pick-up-and-down book to be read anywhere. I do hope you all enjoy the poems as much as I have had the enormous pleasure in writing them. Happy reading. Barbara May Boot.