INTERVENTIONS for

Disorders in CHILDREN

A. Lynn Williams Sharynne McLeod Rebecca J. McCauley Foreword by Caroline Bowen

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INTERVENTIONS for Speech Sound Disorders

SECOND EDITION

edited by

edited by
A. Lynn Williams, Ph.D.
East Tennessee State University

Bathurst, Australia

and
Rebecca J. McCauley, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University

Johnson City
Sharynne McLeod, Ph.D.
Charles Sturt University

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Contents

About the Video Clips and Downloads viii
Series Preface x
Editorial Advisory Board xi
About the Editors xii
About the Contributors xiv
Foreword Caroline Bowen, A.M., Ph.D. xxiii
Preface xxvi
Acknowledgments xxix

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
A. Lynn Williams, Sharynne McLeod,
and Rebecca J. McCauley

Chapter 2 Implementing Interventions 23
Elise Baker and A. Lynn Williams

Chapter 3 Minimal Pairs Intervention 33
Elise Baker

Chapter 4 Multiple Oppositions Intervention 61
A. Lynn Williams and Eleanor Sugden

Chapter 5 Complexity Approach 91
Michele L. Morrisette

Chapter 6 Integrated Phonological Awareness Intervention 111
Brigid C. McNeill and Gail T. Gillon

Chapter 7 Psycholinguistic Intervention 141
Michelle Pascoe and Joy Stackhouse

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Chapter 8 Digital Tools for Interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Yvonne Wren, Sarah Masso, and A. Lynn Williams
Chapter 9 Speech Perception Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  201
Susan Rvachew and Françoise Brosseau-Lapré
Chapter 10 Core Vocabulary Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  225
Sharon Crosbie, Alison Holm, and Barbara Dodd
Chapter 11 The Cycles Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Raúl Francisco Prezas, Lesley C. Magnus, 
and Barbara W. Hodson
Chapter 12 Stimulability Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  279
Adele W. Miccio and A. Lynn Williams
Chapter 13 Enhanced Milieu Teaching With Phonological Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  305
Nancy J. Scherer, Ann Kaiser, and Jennifer R. Frey
Chapter 14 Naturalistic Recast Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  337
Stephen M. Camarata
Chapter 15 Morphosyntax and Speech Sound Interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  363
Ann A. Tyler, Allison M. Haskill, 
and Jennifer Thompson Mackovjak
Chapter 16 Nonlinear Phonological Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  393
Barbara May Bernhardt
Chapter 17 Articulation Interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  419
Jonathan L. Preston and Megan C. Leece
Chapter 18 The Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  447
Pam Williams
Chapter 19 The PROMPT Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  477
Deborah A. Hayden, Aravind K. Namasivayam, 
Roslyn Ward, Amy Clark, and Jennifer Eigen
Chapter 20 Speech Motor Programming Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  505
Kirrie Ballard and Donald A. Robin

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Chapter 21 Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing ..... 537
*Edythe A. Strand*

Chapter 22 Biofeedback Interventions ..... 573
*Joanne Cleland and Jonathan L. Preston*

Chapter 23 Intervention Strategies for Developmental Dysarthria ..... 601
*Lindsay Pennington and Megan M. Hodge*

Chapter 24 Choosing the Best Intervention: The Nexus Among Interventions, Clients, and Clinicians ..... 627
*A. Lynn Williams, Rebecca J. McCauley, and Sharynne McLeod*

Index ..... 641

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and Extensions to the IPA for the Transcription of Disordered Speech (extIPA) Charts ..... 657

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About the Editors

A. Lynn Williams, Ph.D. /e  ln  wljəmz/ Associate Dean and Professor, East

Tennessee State University, Johnson City
Lynn Williams is Associate Dean in the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health 
 Sciences and a professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at 
East Tennessee State University. Most of her research has involved clinical investigations 
of models of phonological treatment for children with severe to profound speech sound disorders. She developed a new model of phonological intervention called multiple oppositions
that has been the basis of federally funded intervention studies by the National Institutes 
of Health (NIH), and she developed a phonological intervention software program, Sound 
Contrasts in Phonology (SCIP), that was funded by NIH. Dr. Williams served as associate 
editor of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools and most recently served as the 
associate editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Williams is a 
Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and served as ASHA Vice 
President for Academic Affairs in Speech-Language Pathology (2016–2018). She currently

Sharynne McLeod, Ph.D. /ʃæɹən məklaυd/ Professor, Charles Sturt University,

Bathurst, Australia
Sharynne McLeod is a speech-language pathologist and professor of speech and language 
acquisition at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She is an elected Fellow of the A merican 
Speech-anguage-L Hearing Association and Life Member of Speech Pathology Australia. 
She was named Australia’s Research Field Leader in Audiology, Speech and Language 
Pathology (2018, 2019, 2020) and has won Editors’ Awards from Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing: Speech (2018) and American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
(2019). She was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, previous editor-in-chief 
of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, and has coauthored 11 books 
and over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters focusing on children’s speech

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About the Editors 
Rebecca J. McCauley, Ph.D. /ɹəbεkə de məkɔli/ Professor, The Ohio State Univer-

sity, Columbus
Rebecca J. McCauley is a professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences 
at The Ohio State University. Her research and writing have focused on assessment and 
 treatment of pediatric communication disorders, with a special focus on speech sound 
 disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech. She has authored or edited seven books 
on these opics and co-t authored a test designed to aid in the differential diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech. Dr. McCauley is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-
Hearing ssociation, has received Honors of the Association, and has served two terms as A

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About the Contributors

Elise Baker, Ph.D. /əlis bkə/ Associate Professor of Allied Health, Western Sydney

University and South Western Sydney Local Health District, Australia
Dr. Baker is a speech-language pathologist, clinical researcher, and an associate professor 
of Allied Health, with Western Sydney University and South Western Sydney Local Health 
District, Australia. Her research focuses on assessment and intervention for children with 
speech sound disorders. She is passionate about supporting speech-language pathologists’

implementation of high-quality clinical research into everyday clinical practice.
Kirrie J. Ballard, Ph.D. /kri blad/ Professor, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe,

New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Ballard completed her Ph.D. in 1997 at Northwestern University, Illinois, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Voice and Speech at the University of Iowa. 
She has held academic positions at Indiana University, the University of Iowa, and Thet 
University of Sydney. She has published extensively on diagnosis and intervention for both 
developmental and acquired speech disorders, being awarded funding from both U.S. and 
Australian federal granting bodies. She was awarded a prestigious Future Fellowship 
from the Australian Research Council in 2012, served as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology from 2014 to 2019, and in 2019 was appointed

Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia.
Barbara May Bernhardt, Ph.D. /baɹ.bɹə  me  b˜nhaɹt/ Professor Emerita, 
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences,

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Dr. Bernhardt was a professor at the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences at the University of British Columbia (1990–2017) and has been a practicing speech-language 
pathologist since 1972. Her primary focus is phonological development, assessment, and 
intervention, including an ongoing crosslinguistic project (http://phonodevelopment
.sites.olt.ubc.ca). Other areas of focus include ultrasound in speech therapy; language development, assessment, and intervention; and approaches to service delivery to Indigenous

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About the Contributors 
Françoise Brosseau-Lapré, Ph.D. /fʁa˜swɑz bʁɔso lpʁe/ Assistant Professor, 
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette,

Indiana
Dr. Brosseau-Lapré is a speech-language pathologist and an assistant professor in the 
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. Her research 
is funded through the National Institutes of Health. Her research as director of the Purdue 
Child Phonology Lab focuses on how speech perception impacts speech production and 
interacts with language factors in children with speech sound disorder with or without

Stephen M. Camarata, Ph.D. /stivən εm kməɹatə/ Professor, Department of 
 Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville,

Tennessee
Dr. Camarata is a professor of hearing and speech sciences at Vanderbilt University 
School  of Medicine and an investigator at the John F. Kennedy Center on Development 
and Disabilities. His expertise includes speech and language intervention in children 
with isabilities, including autism, Down syndrome, hearing loss, and developmental d
language disorders (DLD), and he has published more than 100 articles on these topics. He is 
a ellow of the American Speech-F Language-Hearing Association and Editor for Language 
of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Dr. Camarata’s research has been 
funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Institute of Educational Sciences, 
the U.S. Department of Education, and/or private foundations since 1986, and he is the past 
chair of the NIH study sections on Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities

Joanne Cleland, Ph.D. /doan klεlənd/ Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde,

Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. Cleland is a speech and language therapist and senior lecturer at the University of 
Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Her research focuses on using instrumental techniques 
to diagnose and treat speech disorders in children. She is particularly interested in develop-

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Sharon Crosbie, Ph.D. /∫ɹən kɹɒzbi/ Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic U niversity,

School of Allied Health, Banyo, Queensland
Dr. Crosbie is a senior lecturer in speech pathology at the Australian Catholic University.

Her research has focused on speech, language, and literacy development in childhood.
Barbara Dodd, Ph.D. /babəɹə dɒd/  Honorary Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research

Institute, Melbourne; University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Although officially retired, Dr. Dodd is still active in research and teaching and writing. She 
worked in departments of psychology, linguistics, and speech-language pathology at universities in the United Kingdom and Australia. Her research focuses on the nature, differen-

tial diagnosis, and treatment of spoken and written developmental phonological disorders.
Jennifer Eigen, M.S. /dənfə eiən/ Speech-Language Pathologist, Private Prac-

tice, Brooklyn, New York
Jennifer Eigen owns a private practice in Brooklyn, New York, where she and her therapists 
provide speech-language services to toddlers, preschoolers, and school-a ge children with a 
wide range of issues, including motor speech, language, and autism spectrum disorders. Jennifer also works for the PROMPT Institute, teaching PROMPT classes to speech-language 
pathologists worldwide, helping the institute develop online courses, and contributing to 
PROMPT publications. Additionally, Jennifer teaches a course in speech sound disorders

Jennifer R. Frey, Ph.D. /d εnfr fre/ Associate Professor, George Washington

National Science Challenge, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Gillon is Director of the Child Well-being Research Institute at the University of 
Canterbury, New Zealand, and is Co-director of A Better Start National Science Challenge, 
a 10-ar program of research focused on ensuring all children’s learning success and well-ye
being. She has an extensive publication record in children’s speech-language and literacy

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Allison M. Haskill, Ph.D. /lsən hskəl/ Professor, Augustana College, Rock Island,

Illinois
Dr. Haskill is a professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at 
Augustana College where she teaches child language development and disorders courses 
and also serves as Director for the Center for Speech, Language, and Hearing. Her areas of 
research include narratives of children on the autism spectrum and morphosyntax skills of

Deborah A. Hayden, M.A. /dεbə heidn/ Research Director, The PROMPT Institute,

Santa Fe, New Mexico
Deborah Hayden is the developer and founder of the PROMPT Institute. Currently, 
she is the research director of the PROMPT Institute and continues to work with colleagues around the world to promote and develop clinical and brain-related research for 
the identification, assessment, and treatment of expressive speech disorders across the

Megan M. Hodge, Ph.D. /mεn hɑd/ Professor Emerita, Department of

Communication Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Dr. Hodge’s clinical and research work have focused on linking theory with practice for 
serving children with motor speech disorders with the goal of maximizing these children’s

Barbara Hodson, Ph.D. /bbərə hɑdsən/ Professor, Wichita State University,

Queensland, Australia
Dr. Holm is a speech-language pathologist and academic at the Nathan campus of Griffith 
University in Brisbane. Her research interests include assessment and intervention for 
multilingual and monolingual children with speech sound disorders and multilingual

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Ann Kaiser, Ph.D. /n kaizr/ Professor, Special Education, Vanderbilt University,

Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Kaiser is the Susan W. Gray Professor of Education and Human Development at 
 Vanderbilt University. She is the author of more than 175 articles on early intervention for 
children with autism and other development communication disabilities. Her research

Megan C. Leece, M.A. /mεn lis/ Research Speech-Language Pathologist, Syracuse

University, Syracuse, New York
Megan C. Leece is a speech-language pathologist at the Speech Production Laboratory at 
Syracuse University. She specializes in working with children with speech sound disorders.

Jennifer Thompson Mackovjak, M.A. /dεnəfə tampsn/ Doctoral Candidate,

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Jennifer Thompson Mackovjak is a doctoral candidate in the Interdisciplinary Health 
Sciences program at Western Michigan University and holds a master of arts degree from 
Central Michigan University. She has served as a field preceptor, clinical instructor, and 
adjunct instructor and has provided speech and language therapy across the life span. 
Ms. Thompson Mackovjak specializes in autism, behavioral therapy, and augmentative 
and alternative communication. Currently, she is a pediatric therapist for a rural Critical

Lesley C. Magnus, Ph.D. /lεsl mg nəs/ Professor, Minot State University, Minot,

Sydney; and Academic Fellow, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dr. Masso is a certified practicing speech pathologist, a research fellow at Thet University 
of Sydney, Australia, and an adjunct research fellow at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She developed the Word-Level Analysis of Polysyllables and is currently investigating the relationship between polysyllable speech accuracy and literacy development with 
funding from an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Awards

North Dakota
Dr. Magnus is a professor at Minot State University, specializing in phonology, clefting, and 
assessment in speech-language pathology. She has been involved in clinical work for more

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Brigid C. McNeill, Ph.D. /bɹdt məknil/ Associate Professor, University of Canterbury Child Well-being Research Institute, School of Teacher Education, College of Education Health and Human Development, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New

Zealand
Dr. McNeill is a speech-language therapist and Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School 
of Teacher Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Development at the 
University of Canterbury. Dr. McNeill is an international expert on literacy development in 
children with childhood apraxia of speech. Her research also focuses on developing and eval-

Adele W. Miccio, Ph.D. /ədεl miʔtʃoυ/ Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State Uni-

versity, University Park
Adele Miccio died in March 2009. Having completed her Ph.D. in speech and hearing 
sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington, she was a distinguished professor at the 
Pennsylvania State University since 1995. Her research, funded by the National Institutes 
of Health and the U.S. Department of Education, focused on interventions for children with 
speech sound disorders and phonological development of bilingual children and children 
with chronic middle-ear infections. In 2002, she was a visiting scholar and guest lecturer 
at Harvard University, and in 2006, she was named Director of the Penn State Center for 
Language Science. A beloved and cherished colleague, Adele is greatly missed by all of us

Michele L. Morrisette, Ph.D. /mɪʃel mɔɪsεt/ Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington

Michele L. Morrisette, Ph.D. /mʃεl mɔɹsεt/ Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington
Dr. Morrisette holds a lecturer position in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences 
at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her research, clinical, and teaching interests focus on

Aravind K. Namasivayam, Ph.D. /ɑɹəvnd nməʃvəjəm/ Scientist, University of

Michelle Pascoe, Ph.D. /mʃel pskευ/ Associate Professor, Division of Communica-

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Aravind Namasivayam is a speech-language pathologist with expertise in working with 
clinical and developmental populations with speech disorders. He is a research associate in 
the Oral Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, at the Univer-

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Lindsay Pennington, Ph.D. /lndzi pεnŋtn / Reader in Communication Disorders, 
Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University,

United Kingdom
Dr. Pennington’s research and clinical practice focus on the speech and communication development of children and young people with motor disorders. Her current and 
recent work includes the development of classification scales to describe speech and 
eating and drinking and trials of parent training programs to promote early communication development, interventions to improve speech intelligibility for children and 
young people with dysarthria, and the comparative effects of medications to reduce

Jonathan L. Preston, Ph.D. /dɑnəθn pɹεstn/ Associate Professor, Syracuse

University, New York
Dr. Preston is a speech-language pathologist and an associate professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Syracuse University. His clinical research 
focuses on neurolinguistically motivated and evidence-based treatments for children with 
speech sound disorders, including children with residual speech errors and childhood 
apraxia of speech. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to speech

Raúl Francisco Prezas, Ph.D. /raul presəs/ Associate Professor, Stephen F. Austin

Donald A. Robin, Ph.D. /dɒnəld  rɒbən/ Professor and Chair, University of New

State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Dr. Prezas is an associate professor in the Department of Human Services at Stephen F. 
Austin State University in Texas. He has several years of clinical experience in the university, public school, and home health settings, particularly working with culturally 
and linguistically diverse populations and their families. His interests include speech 
disorders, phonological development, bilingual/multicultural assessment and treatment, working with children with highly unintelligible speech, phonological treatment 
models/outcomes, school-based issues, working with underrepresented students, and 
epistemological beliefs. In addition to publications in several journals, including the 
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Dr. Prezas has written book chapters 
and articles related to interest areas, including monolingual and bilingual phonological 
acquisition, selective mutism, autism, fluency disorders, and culturally and linguistically

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Susan Rvachew, Ph.D. /suzən ɹəvʃu/ Professor, McGill University, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada
Dr. Rvachew, ASHA Fellow, is a professor in the School of Communication Sciences and 
Disorders at McGill University. Her research focuses on the development of more effective 
interventions to treat speech sound disorders in children and prevent reading disability in 
this population. She is the author of more than 80 papers and two books on phonological

Nancy J. Scherer, Ph.D. /nænsi $ \surd $/ Professor,Arizona State University,Tempe

Nancy J. Scherer, Ph.D. /nnsi ʃir/ Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe
Dr. Scherer is a professor of speech and hearing science at Arizona State University. She 
conducts research on assessment and intervention efficacy for young children with craniofacial conditions. She focuses on assessing effectiveness of early intervention service 
delivery models (telehealth, parent training, hybrid) for application in the United States and

Joy Stackhouse, Ph.D. /dɔ stkhaυs/ Professor Emeritus, Department of Human

Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, England
Dr. Stackhouse is Emeritus Professor of Human Communication Sciences at the 
University of Sheffield and a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. In collaboration with Bill Wells and Michelle Pascoe, she has developed a psycholinguistic framework for the assessment and management of children and young adults with

Edythe A. Strand, Ph.D. /idθ strnd/ Emeritus Speech Pathologist, Department of

Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. Sugden is a speech-language pathologist and postdoctoral researcher working at the 
University of Strathclyde. She is interested in the everyday clinical management of childhood speech sound disorders, instrumental analysis and treatment of speech sound disorders, and how to support speech-language pathologists’ application of evidence into their xxii

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Ann A. Tyler, Ph.D. /n tɑlə/ Associate Dean, Professor, Western Michigan

University, Kalamazoo
Dr. Tyler is Associate Dean in the College of Health and Human Services and Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Western Michigan University. She is a 
Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She has pre
sented and published extensively in childhood speech sound disorders. Her research in the 
area of treatment efficacy has been supported by a variety of external funding sponsors. Dr.

Roslyn Ward, Ph.D. /ɹozln wɑɹd/ Lead Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Perth 
Children’s Hospital, Perth, Australia; Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Bentley

Western Australia
Dr. Ward is a senior research fellow in the School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and 
Speech Pathology at Curtin University/Perth Children’s Hospital. She is also a certified 
practicing speech-language pathologist. Her research interests include conducting clinical

Pam Williams, Ph.D. /pm wljəmz/ Honorary Lecturer, University College London

Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr. Williams worked as a speech and language therapist at the Nuffield Hearing and Speech 
Centre for more than 30 years before retiring from her clinical role in December 2017. She 
was involved in the creation of the original Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme (1985) 
and has been responsible for its development since 1993. She continues to run training 
courses for speech and language professionals on the subject of childhood apraxia of speech 
and the Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme (Third Edition). Dr. Williams was awarded a 
Fellowship of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in 2013 in recognition of 
having carried out work of special value to the profession. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2016, and her thesis investigated the 
diadochokinetic skills of children with speech sound disorders. She continues to be a mem-

Yvonne Wren, Ph.D. /vɒn  ɹen/ Director, Bristol Speech and Language Therapy 
Research Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, United Kingdom, and Senior Research Fellow,

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Introduction

Introduction

A. Lynn Williams, Sharynne McLeod, and Rebecca J. McCauley 1

Speech sound disorders (SSD) in children are a widespread, high-prevalence disability 
(Eadie  et  al., 2015; Law, Boyle, Harris, Harkness, & Nye, 2000; McLeod, Harrison, 
McAllister, & McCormack, 2013) that comprises 40% to 70% of the caseload of speechlanguage pathologists (SLPs) who work in pediatric settings (Furlong, Serry, Erickson, & 
Morris, 2018; Joffe & Pring, 2008; McLeod & Baker, 2014). SSD are diverse and vary in both 
severity and type and often co-occur with other disabilities, such as language and literacy impairments. Following is a comprehensive definition of SSD that is used throughout

acy impairments. Following is a comprehensive definition of SSD that is used throughout 
this book:
Children with speech sound disorders can have any combination of difficulties with perception, articulation/motor production, and/or phonological representation of speech segments 
(consonants and vowels), phonotactics (syllable and word shapes), and prosody (lexical and 
grammatical tones, rhythm, stress, and intonation) that may impact speech intelligibility
and acceptability . . . speech sound disorders is used as an umbrella term for the full range of 
speech sound difficulties of both known (e.g., Down syndrome, cleft lip and palate) and presently unknown origin. (International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech, 2012,

ently unknown origin. (International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech, 2012, 
p. 1, emphasis added)
This definition of SSD aligns closely with definitions of SSD from the Diagnostic and 
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) 
and the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11; World Health 
Organization [WHO], 2018) except that, in this book, we also include children with 
known causes for their SSD (e.g., cerebral palsy). A number of the authors have used the 
following classification from McLeod and Baker (2017) to describe the breadth of SSDs: 
phonology (phonological impairment and inconsistent speech disorder) and motor speech

phonology (phonological impairment and inconsistent speech disorder) and motor speech 
(articulation impairment, childhood apraxia of speech, and childhood dysarthria).
The breadth and complexity of SSD present a considerable challenge for SLPs to differentially diagnose the type of SSD and determine the most appropriate intervention 
approach for a given child, especially when there are a number of published approaches 
from which to select. Similar to the first edition, this book uses a prescribed template to 
describe a number of intervention approaches that were developed for the range of SSD 
that SLPs  may encounter in their practice. This template facilitates critical comparisons 
across interventions in terms of client populations and key elements as well as levels of 
 evidence. As in the first edition, this organization may be useful for different groups of readers who will likely read the book with different goals in mind. In particular, we expect this

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2) clinical practitioners who work with children with SSD; 3) faculty and clinical educators 
who teach students about SSD in children; and 4) parents of children with SSD. The chapter 
begins with a description of the purpose of the book followed by an overview of the template 
and organization of each intervention chapter, with recommended sections for different 
readers. Next, a structural framework for intervention is described to aid in the understanding of the components of each intervention. Finally, the chapter ends with a list of references

for several core components that are foundational to working with children with SSD.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
Clinical decision making is defined as choosing among available alternatives and involves 
collection, interpretation, and evaluation of data in order to make an evidence-based 
decision (Tiffen, Corbridge, & Slimmer, 2014). A growing body of literature demonstrates 
that explicit training in clinical decision-making skills is required for novice clinicians 
(Dudding & Pfeiffer, 2018; Finn, 2011; Furlong, et al., 2018; Ginsberg, Friberg, & Visconti, 
2016; Hill, Davidson, & Theodoros, 2012). This is a critically important skill for students 
and practitioners to develop in making evidence-b ased clinical decisions in selecting intervention approaches, especially when there are a number of published approaches from 
which to select. Baker and McLeod (2011) identified 42 different intervention approaches 
for children with SSD. While there is empirical evidence that most studied interventions are effective, no single approach has proven to be the most effective. This adds to 
the overwhelming nature of the decision that both novice and experienced clinicians face 
in determining which approach to select from an array of approaches. The variety poses 
a challenge for SLPs: knowing which approaches best suit the children with SSD on their 
caseloads and understanding how to implement the approaches with fidelity. Further, 
different approaches may be better suited to specific degrees and types of impairments 
(see Table 1.1) or at different points within the continuum of intervention for a given child 
(Baker, McCauley, Williams, & McLeod, 2020). So, the question is, How do clinicians 
determine which intervention approach is the best one to use with their client? That is

determine which intervention approach is the best one to use with their client? That is 
where this book comes in.
A primary purpose of this book is to describe and critically analyze a range of intervention approaches used for children with SSD. A second, equally important, or even more
important, purpose is to help readers learn skills that will enable them to examine and 
critically evaluate these and other approaches for themselves. Thus, in response to the 
previous question, our goal with this book is to provide SLPs with sufficient information 
about each intervention approach so that they can align the clinical characteristics of their 
client’s SSD to the intervention approach that best addresses those needs. Furthermore, 
we do not believe that a single intervention approach will be the sole intervention for any 
child with SSD. As readers will learn through reading about the various approaches in this 
book, several interventions are designed as transitional methods to help children progress 
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| Primary populations | Children with: |
| --- | --- |
| Articulation delay/disorder |  |
| Phonological delay/disorder |  |
| Inconsistent speech disorder |  |
| Speech impairment |  |
| Phonological/morphological disorder |  |
| Phonological/language disorder |  |
| Phonological/phonological awareness/literacy impairment |  |
| Repaired cleft lip and palate |  |
| Childhood apraxia of speech |  |
| Motor speech disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech and developmental dysarthria |  |
| Secondary populations | Children with: |
| Craniofacial anomalies |  |
| Hearing loss |  |
| Sensorimotor impairments |  |
| Cerebral palsy |  |
| Tongue thrust |  |
| Intellectual impairment, including children with Down syndrome |  |
| Congenital conditions associated with developmental dysarthria, such as conditions affecting the cranial nerves, and early onset muscular dystrophy |  |

speech, and perceptual training, as well as biofeedback and digitally based interventions.

their empirical evidence, or potential efficacy, as well as their widespread use across ages, 
severity levels, and populations. Included are approaches encompassing interventions that 
focus on sound production accuracy, systemwide restructuring of the child’s phonology, 
coexisting speech and language or speech and literacy impairments, articulation, motor

THE BOOK’S OVERALL ORGANIZATION
We begin this edition of the book with a chapter by Baker and Williams (Chapter 2) with a 
guide for readers on how to learn about the various interventions discussed in the book and 
how to implement those interventions with fidelity. The framework from the Phonological 
Intervention Taxonomy (Baker, Williams, McLeod, & McCauley, 2018) is used to help both 
novice and experienced clinicians gain a deeper, richer understanding of the elements that 
comprise each intervention by considering four broad domains: Goals, Teaching Moment, 
Context, and Procedural Issues. The remainder of the book is devoted to the description of 
21 intervention approaches. Given the diversity and complexity of these i nterventions, we 
have not attempted a categorization. An imposed classification of individual approaches 
would not be based on a definitive or agreed-upon set of categories, and classifications would 
differ among readers as well as among the developers of the approaches. Instead, the interventions are independent of each other and can be taught and learned in the sequence that 
matches readers’ goals and needs. However, as in the first edition, we have synthesized the 
information across all 21 approaches in a grid format both to help you identify approaches 
you want to explore further and to provide a snapshot comparison of the approaches.

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most salient features of each intervention approach in terms of the developmental level of 
the child’s sound system (emerging, developing, and elaborating), the targeted stage of production of the intervention (planning, programming, and/or execution), and the targeted 
outcomes of the intervention (speech production, speech perception, phonological awareness, other oral language, and/or literacy). This strategy gives you the big picture of all 
20 approaches so that you can then move to more focused reading of specific intervention

20 approaches so that you can then move to more focused reading of specific intervention 
approaches.

approaches.
Three key features of the intervention chapters will be of special interest to readers:
1. Organization of each chapter using standard headings, which increases the ease 
of reading and learning about the interventions and enables comparisons among 
approaches. These headings, particularly Practical Requirements and Key Components, should also facilitate implementation of interventions once they are chosen as

nents, should also facilitate implementation of interventions once they are chosen as 
appropriate for a given child.
2. Evaluation of each approach within an evidence-based practice (EBP) framework that 
examines the levels of evidence—and the quality of evidence—for each approach. This 
information helps readers gauge the strength of an intervention’s empirical base, thus

text in the Practical Requirements and Key Component sections.

THE ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTION CHAPTERS
To provide uniformity across approaches, authors of individual intervention chapters were 
invited to use the same template, with its prescribed specific headings and expected content. The standardization of headings across chapters promotes easy access to and evaluation of important information about each approach, thus facilitating decisions concerning 
treatment efficacy, clinician expertise, and clients’ preferences—the triad of considerations 
within EBP (Dollaghan, 2007; Sackett, Rosenberg, Gray, Hayes, & Richardson, 1996). 
The current template was modified slightly from the one used in the first edition on the basis 
of reviews and feedback we received from readers. Table 1.2 describes the current template

Target Populations
Following an abstract and brief introduction, each chapter describes the primary populations for which the intervention is designed as well as any secondary populations—
especially those for which there is empirical support or theoretical support for its use. 
Client populations are described in terms of age or developmental range and prerequisite 
skills required for use of the approach or program. Other considerations, such as child’s 
attention span, ability to imitate, and ability to follow complex directions, are described.

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| Section heading | Content |
| --- | --- |
| Target Populations | Description of population(s) for which empirical and/or theoretical support of the intervention is available(e.g.,in terms of age,major disability,prerequisite skills) |
| Assessment and Analysis Methods | Standardized and/or informal measures used and the type of analysis completed |
| Assessment linked to ICF-CY model to address other aspects assessed beyond Body Structure and Body Function(e.g.,Activities and Participation) |  |
| Theoretical Basis | The dominant rationale for the intervention |
| Assumptions made about the deficits,compensatory strategies,or strengths that are targeted |  |
| Nature of outcomes targeted(e.g.,positive effect on social roles,decreased functional limitation) |  |
| Area of functioning being targeted(e.g.,intelligibility,movement for speech),including the nature of the outcomes targeted within the ICF-CY framework |  |
| Empirical Basis | Summary and interpretation of studies |
| Study descriptions that provide information about participants and the study design,including an evaluation of the quality of the experimental designs using PEDro(group designs)和RoBINT scales(single-subject designs) |  |
| Level of evidence table providing a quick reference to the strength of the designs included in this section,tabled according to whether or not the studies support the intervention |  |
| Practical Requirements | Time demands |
| Personnel demands,including training,for both professionals and family members |  |
| Type of sessions(e.g.,group,individual) |  |
| Frequency and duration of sessions(dosage) |  |
| Key Components | Target selection approach,including impairment-based and social-based goals |
| Types of goals targeted(e.g.,production of a specific sound,improved phonological awareness) |  |
| Goal attack strategy for addressing multiple goals(sequential,cyclic,simultaneous) |  |
| Procedures(therapeutic actions of the primary clinician,who may be a professional or family member depending on the approach) |  |
| Activities in which procedures are embedded(e.g.,storybook reading,play,conversation,structured repetition) |  |
| Materials used in the intervention |  |
| List of general therapy steps,often including a flowchart to convey this information |  |
| Roles of secondary personnel(e.g.,teachers,family members,the clinician for family-based interventions) |  |
| Monitoring Progress and Generalization | Recommendations for data collection and for how decisions are made regarding the alteration of goals,methods,stimuli,termination of therapy,and so forth |
| Include ICF or ICF-CY framework in measuring outcomes to include changes in participation |  |

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| Section heading | Content |
| --- | --- |
| Considerations for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds | Applicability of approach to children of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds |
| Recommended ways in which the intervention can be adapted to better meet child and caregiver needs |  |
| Case Study | Description of one or more children for whom the intervention was helpful(used to illustrate children&#x27;s responses to the intervention and ongoing decision making) |
| Inclusion of first-hand accounts from parents/families/children regarding the impact of intervention |  |
| Learning Activities | Two to three activities that help readers apply information about the intervention approach |
| Future Directions | Recommendations for areas of further study regarding the intervention;these may include additional populations for which it may be useful |
| Summary | Main takeaway points of the intervention approach |
| Suggested Readings | Three to five readings providing additional information about the intervention&#x27;s theoretical or empirical basis or its procedures |
| References | Bibliographic references of in-text citations |

tion’s theoretical or empirical basis or its procedures
References Bibliographic references of in-text citations
Key: ICF, International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (World Health Organization [WHO], 2001);

the approach to the child are particularly detailed, authors use citations to supplement a

the approach to the child are particularly detailed, authors use citations to supplement a 
brief overview of the methods.
Finally, authors address whether assessment also focused on the impact of the SSD 
on the child’s activities and participation. Interest in this expansion beyond the level 
of the speech impairment arises from work by WHO (2007) in the form of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health—Children and Youth Version
(ICF-Y). The ICF-C CY is a framework that provides an international interdisciplinary 
language of health and health-related issues for children that allows for the holistic consideration of the biopsychosocial issues facing children. Over the past 40 years, WHO has 
been working to create a holistic approach for all people, of all ages, across all nations, 
from a perspective of health and wellness providing a common language for comparison of 
data across countries, health-care disciplines, services, and time; to provide a systematic 
coding scheme for health information systems; and to provide a scientific basis for consequences of health conditions. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF; WHO, 2001) and ICF-CY have been endorsed by many professional 
associations throughout the world, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing 
Association in the Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology (ASHA, 2016) and 
the  Scope of Practice in Audiology (ASHA, 2018), the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), the Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC), and 
Speech Pathology Australia (SPA), and have broad relevance to these professions (Blake & 
McLeod, 2018). The ICF and ICF-CY comprise the following interrelated components: 
Body Functions, Body Structures, Activities and Participation, Environmental Factors, 
and Personal Factors. Each of these factors relates to children with SSD, who are the 
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unintelligible speech  is found in McLeod (2006), and other applications to children

unintelligible speech  is found in McLeod (2006), and other applications to children 
with SSD are available (McLeod & McCormack, 2007).
A merger between the ICF and ICF-CY was proposed by WHO in 2012 (https://www
.who.int/classifications/icf/whoficresolution2012icfcy.pdf?ua=1) and is scheduled to occur 
in 2020. When this book was finalized, WHO still provided separate searchable websites 
for the ICF (WHO, 2001) (http://apps.who.int/classifications/icfbrowser/) and the ICF-
 CY (WHO, 2007) (https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/43737). Therefore, in this book 
authors were able to select whether they referred to the ICF or ICF-CY. Table 1.3 describes

the components of the ICF (WHO, 2001) and the ICF-

Theoretical Basis
In this section, authors discuss the dominant theoretical explanation or rationale for 
the intervention approach or program, including the underlying assumptions regard-

ing the nature of 1) the impairment being addressed or 2) compensatory strategies being 
Table 1.3. Components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) and the

| Component | Definition | Difficulty |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Body Functions | Physiological functions of body systems(including psychological functions)Eight chapters describe Body Functions, including·Chapter 1:Mental functions(e.g.,Memory functions,Intellectual functions)·Chapter 3:Voice and speech functions(e.g.,Articulation functions) | Impairment:Problems in BodyFunctions such as significant deviation or loss |
| Body Structures | Anatomical parts of the body such as organs,limbs,and their componentsEight chapters describe Body Structures, including·Chapter 2:The eye,ear,and related structures(e.g.,Structure of inner ear)·Chapter 3:Structures involved in voiceand speech(e.g.,Structure of mouth) | Impairment:Problems in BodyStructures such as significant deviation or loss |
| Activities and Participation | Activity:The execution of a task or action byan individualParticipation:Involvement in a life situationNine chapters describe Activities andParticipation,including·Chapter 3:Communication(e.g.,Speaking,Conversation)·Chapter 12:Interpersonal interactions andrelationships(e.g.,Relating with strangers) | Activity limitation:Difficultiesan individual may have inexecuting activitiesParticipation restriction:Difficulties an individual mayexperience in involvement in life situations |
| Environmental Factors | The physical,social,and attitudinal environmentin which people live and conduct their livesFive chapters describe Environmental Factors,including·Chapter 3:Support and relationships(e.g.,Support from siblings)·Chapter 4:Attitudes(e.g.,Attitude of friends) | Environmental Factors are either barriers to or facilitators ofthe person&#x27;s functioning |
| Personal Factors | These are not specified in the ICF;however,factorsmay include age,sex,and indigenous status |  |

Personal Factors These are not specified in the ICF; however, factors 
may include age, sex, and indigenous status

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developed via the intervention. Authors provide information about whether the intervention approach focuses solely on speech output and/or on other domains (e.g., perception, 
literacy, morphosyntax). Typically, the authors also provide information about the level of 
consequences being addressed within the ICF-CY framework—for example, whether the 
intervention is targeting a functional limitation directly or the social skill, activity, or social

role restrictions that result from it.

Empirical Basis
This section of each chapter presents the empirical basis for the intervention through

This section of each chapter presents the empirical basis for the intervention through 
summaries and interpretation of studies that provide evidence to support the use of the 
intervention. Study descriptions include information about the participants and the study 
design. The Empirical Basis section of each chapter is considered of utmost importance 
because of its relevance to EBP. Although EBP was initially developed within medicine, it 
has become shorthand for the assumption that clinical services are improved when practitioners become “data seekers, data integrators, and critical evaluators of the application of 
new knowledge to clinical cases” (Bernstein Ratner, 2006, pp. 257–258). Furthermore, EBP 
encompasses specific steps by which professionals not only seek and evaluate research evidence in support of their practice but also actively integrate such evidence with their own

Table 1.4. Levels of evidence for intervention studies

dence in support of their practice but also actively integrate such evidence with their own 
expertise (including clinical data gathering) and client preferences (e.g., Dollaghan, 2007).
In this section, authors analyze the research conducted for their approach and 
describe this research in terms of levels of evidence—a summary of evidence quality to 
facilitate readers’ effective and appropriate implementation of the interventions in clinical practice. A table is included in each intervention chapter that indicates the level of 
evidence for the journal articles and other sources cited by the authors and whether the 
evidence supports or refutes the effectiveness of the intervention approach. The levelsof-vidence system used here was adapted from the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline e
Network system and has been used by ASHA; see Table  1.4. Authors were encouraged to 
evaluate the quality of the evidence using two systems: the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale (Verhagen et  al., 1998) to evaluate the quality of experimental group

base (PEDro) scale (Verhagen et  al., 1998) to evaluate the quality of experimental group 
designs, and the Risk of Bias of N-of-1 Trials (RoBiNT) scale (Tate et al., 2013) to evaluate

| Level | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | Meta-analysis, systematic review, randomized controlled trial(RCT) |
| 2 | Controlled study without randomization(single case experimental design[SCED],case control study,cohort study,quasi-experimental study) |
| 3 | Nonexperimental/nonanalytic studies(correlational study,case report,case study) |
| 4 | Expert opinion(expert committee report,consensus conference,clinical experience of respected authorities) |

Practical Requirements
In this section, authors describe the nature, frequency, and length of sessions as well as 
whether the sessions are individual, group, school-based, or home-based. In addition,

4 Expert opinion (expert committee report, consensus conference, clinical experience of respected 
authorities)

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participants, the training required of those involved, and typically the dosage of the 
intervention (e.g., frequency and length of sessions). Where appropriate, the authors 
have included the nature of involvement of participants beyond the clinician and child 
(e.g.,  arents, peers, siblings, teachers). In the case of parent-p administered interventions,

the clinician’s role is specified.

Key Components
This section is the how-to portion of the intervention chapters. Authors typically describe 
the target selection approach, the nature of goals or targeted outcome of the intervention 
approach (e.g., production of a specific sound, improved phonological awareness), and goal 
attack strategies (e.g., sequential, simultaneous, cyclical). Authors were encouraged to 
address the inclusion of social-based goals linked to the ICF framework, which address 
activities and participation. In addition, there is a description of the activities undertaken 
during the intervention approach, procedures implemented by the clinician, a list of general therapy steps (often including a therapy flowchart), and what materials and equipment

are required.

Monitoring Progress and Generalization
In each chapter, authors provide recommended assessment techniques and data collection 
used for decision-making in each intervention approach. This includes discussion regarding techniques for determining whether progress is being made, when changes should be 
made to the intervention plan, and when treatment should be terminated. For some interventions, this section may be relatively brief, usually because it is assumed that these methods are independent of the specific approach and may differ by setting or clinician. Authors 
were also encouraged to address any outcome measures linked to the ICF-CY framework

that include changes in participation.

Case Study
Each chapter includes a case study or studies to illustrate how an individual child responds 
to the intervention, challenges that require decision-making over the course of the intervention period, and the kinds of data collection that may be used to provide input to those 
decisions. Authors were also invited to include first hand accounts from parents, families,

Considerations for Children from

Considerations for Children from 
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
This section highlights the applicability of each intervention approach to children who 
are from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. Authors provide ways their 
intervention approach might be modified to be more appropriate for children across the 
world. This section can be relatively brief when authors believe that their approach poses 
few challenges associated with cultural and linguistic differences. When appropriate, the 
authors also document countries where their approach has been adopted and languages in 
which their approach has been translated. This searching was facilitated with reference 
to  The  International Guide to Speech Acquisition (McLeod, 2007), a resource documenting speech acquisition, assessment, and intervention practices across 24 languages and

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Learning Activities
Each chapter includes a list of two to three learning activities to help readers apply information about the intervention approach, such as identify intervention targets given a 
brief description of a child’s sound system, develop a list of intervention exemplars, or 
develop a lesson plan. When this text is being read as part of a course, professors may 
choose to use these learning activities to facilitate class discussion or to structure in-class

writing assignments.

Future Directions
This section provides authors with the opportunity to draw on their current research and 
clinical experiences with their approach and point the way toward further, productive 
development of that approach. Readers can use this section to confirm their impressions 
about current gaps in the research evidence and the theoretical underpinnings of a given 
approach. Furthermore, readers can consider how they themselves might address those 
gaps—through data collection designed to provide local evidence that the intervention is 
useful to a specific client or group of clients, if they decide to adopt the intervention despite 
its limitations, or through their own research efforts, if they are interested in and able to

conduct more formal research.

Summary
Each chapter ends with a summary of the main takeaway points of the intervention 
approach. This will help readers determine if they understood the key points or possibly

for different reasons and with different goals in mind. As noted earlier in this chapter, we 
anticipate four primary categories of readers who may be especially interested in this book:

the intervention.

Suggested Readings
Because book chapters are necessarily limited in space and some of the interventions are 
quite complex, we include this section so that authors can direct readers to additional readings. Whereas many of these readings will provide further information about intervention procedures, stimuli, and materials, others represent the primary scholarly sources in 
which important studies were first reported. Readers who become particularly intrigued by 
a given approach should consider these sources as their next logical step in learning about

• Students of speech-language pathology (speech and language therapy)

• Academics and clinical educators who teach students about SSD in children

• Parents of children with SSD
Because each audience will probably approach the book from different needs and perspectives, Table  1.5 lists suggested strategies, as well as specific chapters and sections within

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Table 1.5. Suggested sections for specific audiences

| audience | Recommended sections | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| students | Chapter 1, Introduction
Chapter 2, Implementing Interventions | Chapter 1 gives you an overview of how the chapters are organized, which is a valuable map to guide your reading.
Chapter 2 gives you a more specific framework to help you understand the components and elements of a given intervention approach.
As you read individual intervention chapters, you may want to pay close attention to the introduction and Summary, also with key terms (bold faced in the text and defined in the Glossary available online), before you complete a thoughtful reading of the chapter.
The chapter template in Table 1.2 can also guide your reading. |
| clinical practitioners | The Chapter 1 appendix provides an excellent overview of all 21 intervention approaches.
Chapter 2, Implementing Interventions
As you begin reading individual intervention chapters, sections that may be most valuable include
Theoretical Basis and Empirical Basis
Key Components, Practical Requirements, Case Study, Considerations for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds, and video demonstrations (in select chapters) | This appendix guides your identification of approaches appropriate to the children in your caseload.
Chapter 2 gives you a framework for considering the complex and dynamic components that comprise an intervention approach so you can implement it with fidelity.
The theoretical and empirical bases of intervention approaches may help you identify possible advantages of an intervention over one you currently use.
These sections provide the nuts and bolts of an intervention and how well it can fit the needs and situations of children in your caseload. |
| professors, academics, and clinical educators | Scan the summary tables in Chapter 1
Chapter 2, Implementing Interventions
Most if not all, intervention chapters with special attention to
Introduction, key terms, Learning Activities
Video demonstrations | The summary tables give you a quick sense of the types of problems addressed by the interventions and the information provided for each approach.
Chapter 2 gives you a framework for teaching the complex and dynamic components that comprise an intervention approach.
In the intervention chapters, you may choose to focus on these sections to identify topics for class discussion or test question preparation.
The video demonstrations help students identify the key components of an approach that they read in the chapter. |
| parents | Chapter 1, Introduction
Especially the appendix
Of selected intervention approaches, read Introduction and Case Study sections; watch video demonstration
Practical Requirements and Key Components are important sections for approaches that engage family members directly
Suggested Readings | The summary tables in Chapter 1 give you a map for the layout of all intervention chapters.
The Chapter 1 appendix gives you a snapshot of all 21 approaches.
Once you have selected an intervention or interventions to read about, reading the Introduction and Case Study sections and watching the video will help you decide if you want to read further or ask your child&#x27;s SLP questions about what you have read or seen.
These sections give you an understanding of the strategies and activities that will be implemented in therapy sessions with your child.
After an intervention has been adopted for your child, you may want to read further to increase your understanding of the intervention&#x27;s methods or rationale. |

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A STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTERVENTION
Intervention approaches are implemented within a framework that encompasses a number 
of components that comprise an intervention package, so to speak. To better understand 
the individual components of the package, it is helpful to separate the parts to determine 
how they fit within a structural framework of intervention. One framework that has been 
described and commonly referenced is a model with roots in Fey (1986) and outlined in 
McCauley and Fey (2006). This framework provides a broad-based structure for conceptualizing intervention and therefore is not tied to a specific theoretical perspective or intervention approach. We present it here in Figure  1.1 as a structural framework for readers 
to understand the various components of the intervention package as well as to provide a

to understand the various components of the intervention package as well as to provide a 
scheme for comparisons across the 20 intervention approaches presented in this book.
As shown in Figure 1.1, this model includes the following components: 1) goals (hierarchy of specificity that advances from broad to specific goals in terms of basic, intermediate, 
specific, and subgoals), 2) intervention context (clinic, classroom, or home), 3) intervention agent (clinician, teacher, or parent), 4) dosage of intervention (frequency and intensity 
of sessions), 5) procedures (the various intervention components that comprise a specific 
intervention approach), 6) goal attack strategies (plan for addressing multiple goals),

Evaluation
(Assessment-Data Collection-Progress Monitoring)
Figure  1.1. Structure of intervention focused on speech sound disorders. (Source: McCauley & Fey, 2006.) a
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and 8) evaluation (data collection procedures and methods for progress monitoring and 
decision-aking relevant to alteration of goals, methods, stimuli, activities, and so forth). m
This figure links each intervention component represented in the diagram to the chapter 
section that addresses those components. This will facilitate readers’ connection of the 
intervention components to the chapter template sections for each intervention approach

as well as allow comparisons to be easily made between and among the approaches.

FOUNDATIONAL CORE KNOWLEDGE
Working effectively with children who have SSD requires strong foundational, or core, knowledge. Baker and Williams note in Chapter 2 that intervention approaches for children with 
SSD are complex and dynamic. Interventions are interactional, and SLPs need to make a number of decisions quickly in order to provide nuanced intervention tailoring that is still within 
acceptable fidelity in implementing an intervention. This requires foundational knowledge in 
typical acquisition as well as phonetic transcription. Finally, information on the prevalence 
of SSD is important to use to advocate for this population and for justifying expenditure of 
resources for materials and funding for professional development. Each of these topics is

briefly addressed in the following sections with a list of resources that readers can access.

Speech Acquisition

• Prelinguistic (birth–12 months)

Typical speech acquisition is often described in terms of four periods of development:

• Phonemic development (18 months–4 years)

sponds with the first-words period; the developing level corresponds with the phonemicdevelopment period; and the elaborating level aligns with the stabilization period.
Children’s speech acquisition requires development of many interrelated skills in 
order to conduct successful mutually intelligible conversations in the relevant languages. 
Some of these skills that need to be refined include the perception, storage, and production 
of speech (consonants, vowels, tones, prosody, phonotactics) with the appropriate motor 
coordination for the oral (lips, teeth, tongue, palate), aural (ear), laryngeal, pharyngeal, 
neurological, and respiratory structures. To this end, extensive research has been undertaken to describe children’s acquisition of skills enabling oromotor function, perception, 
intelligibility, phonetic inventory, syllable and word shape inventory, mastery of consonants and vowels, percentage of consonants/vowels/phonemes correct, common mismatches, phonological processes (patterns), syllable structure, prosody, and metalinguistic 
and phonological awareness skills (for an extensive international review, see McLeod and 
Baker, 2017, Chapter  6). Additionally, McLeod (2009, 2012) developed a freely downloadable year-y-b year handout titled “A summary of English studies of speech acquisition,”

• Stabilization (4–8 years)
A brief description of each of these periods is summarized in Table  1.6. These developmental periods are important to consider with regard to the developmental levels of the 
intervention approaches included in this book (see “Developmental level” column in the 
chapter appendix available online). Specifically, the emerging developmental level corresponds with the first-words period; the developing level corresponds with the phonemic-

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Table 1.6. Periods of typical speech acquisition (Stark, 1980; Stoel-Gammon & Dunn, 1985; McLeod & Crowe,

| Developmental period | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Prelinguistic (birth-1 year) | This period of development prior to the first words includes five stages in which the infant moves from reflexive vocalizations to adult-like syllables:
·Phonation(0-1month)
·Cooing(2-4months)
·Vocal expansion or experimentation(4-6months)
·Canonical babbling(6-8months)
·Variegated babbling(9-12months) |
| First words(1-1;6) | This period is characterized by the lexical and phonological development occurring in tandem.Specifically,the child appears to learn new vocabulary as unanalyzed wholes rather than as a sequence of sound segments. Therefore,a stable one-to-one correspondence occurs within and across lexical items. This has been referred to as a whole-word strategy,and the acquisition of vocabulary is largely driven by the child within the phonetic inventory. |
| Phonemic development(1;6-4years) | A rapid increase in vocabulary occurs after the 50-word stage around18 months,which forces the child to move to rule-based strategy.The child changes to rule-governed forms that result in a more stable,segmental correspondence with the adult words.Perceptual skills and intelligibility increases. |
| Stabilization(4-8years) | The child stabilizes production of inconsistently produced phonemes and acquires the later developing phonemes(for English this includes liquids,fricatives,and affricates)and consonant clusters.By 5 years,the child is intelligible and most consonants are produced correctly.Phonological awareness and literacy skills increase. |

intelligible and most consonants are produced correctly. Phonological 
awareness and literacy skills increase.

the general order of acquisition; however, children with SSD have fewer consonants in the 
early category and more consonants in the late category.
Important factors must be considered when using developmental norms, including the 
consonant acquisition norms described previously (cf. Farquharson & Tambyraja, 2019; 
Storkel, 2019). Among the numerous studies of speech sound acquisition, there are differ-

of consonants correct (PCC); phonological processes; diadochokinetic rate; maximum 
phonation time; phonological awareness; and prosody (https://www.csu.edu.au/research

phonation time; phonological awareness; and prosody (https://www.csu.edu.au/research
/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition).
One key area that has received extensive consideration is the mastery of consonants. 
McLeod and Crowe (2018) analyzed developmental norms from 64 studies across 27 languages for more than 26,000 children from 31 countries and found that most children 
around the world can produce most consonants in their first language correctly by 5 years of 
age (90% criterion) (see Table 1.7). Next, Crowe and McLeod (2020) analyzed developmental norms from 15 studies of English consonant acquisition for more than 18,000 children 
in the United States. Again, they found that most children in the United States can produce 
most consonants correctly by 5 years of age (90% criterion). The results of both studies 
were remarkably similar (Table  1.7). These authors have produced speech sound acquisition posters for English, which can be downloaded for free from https://www.csu.edu.au
/research/multilingual-speech/speech-a cquisition. Similarly, Shriberg (1993), by analyzing speech data from 63 children with SSD, suggested a developmental sequence of consonant acquisition known as the early 8, middle 8, and late 8 (Table  1.7). Data from the 
aforementioned studies of typically developing children have many similarities in terms of 
the general order of acquisition; however, children with SSD have fewer consonants in the

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Table 1.7 Comparison of the age of acquisition (90% criterion) for consonants across three studies of English-

| Average age(years;months) | McLeod &amp; Crowe(2018) | Crowe&amp;McLeod(2020) | Shriberg(1993) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sample | Eight studies of typically developing English-speaking children from6 countries* | Thirteen studies of 18,187 typically developingEnglish-speaking childrenfrom United States | One study of 64 childrenwith speech sounddisorder fromUnitedStates |
| 2;0-2;11 | /p/ | /b,n,m,p,hw,d/ |  |
| 3;0-3;11 | /b,m,d,n,h,t,k,g,w,η,f,j/ | /g,k,f,t,η,j/ | Early8:/m,b,j,n,w,d,p,h/ |
| 4;0-4;11 | /l,d3,tf,s,v,ʃ,z/ | /v,d3,s,tf,l,ʃ,z/ | Middle8:/t,η,k,g,f,v,tf,d3/ |
| 5;0-5;11 | /ɪ,3,ð/ | /ɪ,ð,3/ | Late8:/ʃ,θ,s,z,ð,l,ɪ,3/ |
| 6;0-6;11 | /θ/ | /θ/ |  |

/\mathsf{b},\mathsf{n},\mathsf{m},\mathsf{p},\mathsf{h},\mathsf{w},\mathsf{d}

\ \ \/\/{\sf,m,d,n,h,k,g,w,n,f,i}\}

/9,\,\mathsf k,\mathsf f,\,t,\,\mathsf j/

/v,\deg{},\deg,\ \ ,\ ,,\deg,\qquad

/1,\tilde{\triangle},31

/9/

5;0–5;11 /ɹ, , ð/ /ɹ, ð, / Late 8: /ʃ, θ, s, z, ð, l, ɹ, /
6;0–6;11 /θ/ /θ/
*This is a subset of the complete sample of 64 studies of children from 31 countries speaking 27 languages.

related to methodological differences across studies in which even a small difference, such 
as imitative versus spontaneous naming, can result in large differences in reported age of 
acquisition. Further, differences in criterion levels also lead to differences in reported ages 
of acquisition. For example, use of 50% (customary production) versus 90% (mastery) criteria results in different decision making. Given these differences, there is no agreed-upon 
set of norms that has been adopted as the gold standard by all SLPs. The important point to 
consider is that speech acquisition does not occur at a single age or a definitive cut-off point

and requires a development of a range of skills.

Phonetic Transcription
Phonetic transcription is a basic clinical skill and an essential component of a speech 
sound assessment. Ramsdell and Stuart (2012) conducted a survey of more than 2,600 U.S. 
SLPs and reported that while they believe transcription is important to their clinical 
practice, the majority of SLPs rarely transcribe. A similar survey of U.S. SLPs by Munson, 
Johnson, and Edwards (2012) reported that only 52% regularly transcribe. This percentage is somewhat lower than that of speech and language therapists surveyed in the United 
Kingdom, where the authors found that 61% regularly transcribe speech (Knight, Bandali, 
Woodhead, & Vansadia, 2018). Furthermore, a study of 175 SLPs revealed limited knowledge of the place of tongue/palate contact for English consonants (McLeod, 2011). SLPs 
were most accurate for /p, f, h/ (where there is no tongue/palate contact) and the velar consonants /k, , ŋ/, but most did not demonstrate knowledge about lateral bracing (tongue 
contact along the lateral margins of the teeth) for alveolar consonants such as /t, d, s, z, n/
or the groove (so that air can move through the midline) for consonants such as /s, z, ʃ, /

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Phonetic transcription is a tool skill—and as the saying goes, “If you don’t use it, you lose it.” 
This section provides a broad review with some suggested resources to refresh and sharpen

This section provides a broad review with some suggested resources to refresh and sharpen 
your transcription skills.
Phonetic Transcription for Disordered Speech Basic phonetic transcription uses 
the symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) chart (see the final pages of 
this book following the index). The IPA symbols can be used to provide broad transcription of consonants and vowels that are part of the standard phonetic repertoire of the 
adult sound system in any language (including English). It is not uncommon, however, 
for English-speaking children with SSD to produce sounds that are outside the typical English phonetic inventory. SLPs therefore must be familiar with the full IPA. Powell 
(2001) summarized several non-English IPA symbols that are often used in transcribing disordered speech. These include bilabial fricatives ([φ, β]), velar fricatives ([x, γ]), 
lateral fricatives ([, ]), alveolar affricates ([ts, dz]), and interdental affricates [ t  θ ,   d ð ]) 
(see  Table  1.8). To elaborate on Table  1.8,  Figure  1.2 provides a coronal image of tongue/
palate contact for different productions of /s/: typical, interdental, lateral, and stopped. 
The  images are a stylized image of a person’s hard palate, with the top of each image indicating the area of the palate immediately behind the top teeth and the bottom of each image 
indicating the junction between the hard and soft palates. The black boxes indicate where 
the tongue touches the palate. The boxes represent electrodes used in electropalatography

Klopfenstein, Ball, & Müller, 2010).
IPA Extensions The International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association in

IPA Extensions The International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association in 
1994 adopted the Extensions to the IPA for the Transcription of Disordered Speech (extIPA) 
to include a set of specialized symbols for clinical phonetics in order to describe disordered speech (ICPLA Executive Committee, 1994). It was revised in 2015 (Ball, Howard, &

The International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association in 
1994 adopted the Extensions to the IPA for the Transcription of Disordered Speech (extIPA) 
to include a set of specialized symbols for clinical phonetics in order to describe disordered speech (ICPLA Executive Committee, 1994). It was revised in 2015 (Ball, Howard, &

dered speech (ICPLA Executive Committee, 1994). It was revised in 2015 (Ball, Howard, & 
Miller, 2018). The extIPA chart is included on the final page of this book following the index 
(https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/sites/default/files/extIPA _2016.pdf ).

(https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/sites/default/files/extIPA _2016.pdf ). 
As can be seen, it is organized similarly to the IPA chart in terms of place, manner, and voicing. However, it includes symbols for consonants that do not occur in natural languages but 
may be produced by someone with a speech disorder. The places of production include dentolabial, labioalveolar, linguolabial, and bidental. The manners of production include three 
types of fricatives (median, lateral + median, and nareal) as well as a percussive manner. 
Voicing is represented with the voiceless sound listed first in the cognate pairs, as in the IPA

Voicing is represented with the voiceless sound listed first in the cognate pairs, as in the IPA 
chart. The extIPA also includes 15 diacritic marks to document place modifications, force

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| Target | Sound class | Common disordered realizations in English | Description | Example word | Adult target | Child&#x27;s production |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| /s,z/ | Voiceless and voiced alveolar fricatives | [s,z] | Dentalized fricatives | seatzoo | /sit/zu/ | [sit]zu |
| [θ,δ] | Interdental fricatives | seatzoo | /sit/zu/ | [θit]δu |  |  |
| [4,k] | Lateral fricatives | seatzoo | /sit/zu/ | [4it]ku |  |  |
| [si,zz] | Lengthened fricatives | seatzoo | /sit/zu/ | [s:it]ziu |  |  |
| [w],[iw] | Labialized | read | /jid/ | [wid],[iwid] |  |  |
| /ʌ/,/ə-/ |  | [u,ə] | Derhoticized | reader | /jidə-/ | [uidə] |
| /θ,ð/ | Voiceless and voiced interdental fricatives | [φ,β] | Bilabial fricatives | thickthis | /θtk/δɪs/ | [φɪk]/βɪk |
| [x,y] | Velar fricatives | thickthis | /θtk/δɪs/ | [xɪk]/γɪs |  |  |
| /tf,dʒ/ | Voiceless and voiced affricates | [ts,dz] | Alveolar affricates | jeans | /dʒinz/ | [dzinz] |
| [tθ,dδ] | Interdental affricates | jeans | /dʒinz/ | [dδinδ] |  |  |
| /p,b,t,d,k,g/ | Voiceless and voiced stops | [?] | Glottal stop | goo | /gu/ | [?u] |
| [ph,th,kh] | Aspirated(allophones inword-initialEnglishwords) | teamkey | /tim/ki/ | [thim[khi] |  |  |
| [p&#x27;,t&#x27;,k&#x27;] | Deaspirated/noaudible release(allophonesinword-finalEnglishwords) | heatpeak | /hit/pik/ | [hit&#x27;]pik&#x27; |  |  |
| [p,t,k] | Voiced | teamdo | /tim/du/ | [tim]du |  |  |
| [p,d,g] | Voiceless |  |  |  |  |  |

(^{\dot{\imath}}\ {pm r r^{\prime\prime}})

differences (e.g., whistled articulation), and direction of airflow (ingressive vs. egressive). 
Lastly, the extIPA includes a system for indicating uncertainty in transcribing a particular 
aspect of a speaker’s production. The extIPA also allows you to indicate, by circling either

/{\mathsf{p}},{\mathsf{b}},{\mathsf{t}},{\mathsf{d}},

[mathsf\ p{^{h},t\^{h},\,k^{h}}]

[p, t, k] Voiced team
[b , d , ] Voiceless do

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Typical /s/ Interdental /s/ → [θ] Lateral /s/ → [] Stopped /s/ → [t]

Images represent the hard palate. Dark boxes indicate tongue/palate contact. (Used by permission from Sharynne McLeod.)
transcribe live, but it is important to also get a quality video-recording of your speech samples because visual cues are helpful for placement, as well as for transcribing some fricatives. If available, find a transcription partner so you can compare transcriptions. This will 
give you an idea of your transcription reliability as well as feedback to help you improve 
your transcription skills. A number of transcription and IPA resources are available on the 
Internet, and many are listed in Table 1.9. This chart, also available on the Brookes website

with the other online resources accompanying this book, includes links to IPA charts to 
Table 1.9. Resources regarding transcription and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Official IPA charts from the International Phonetic Association
• https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/ipa-chart
• https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/sites/default/files/extIPA_2016.pdf
Journal of the International Phonetic Association
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association
Online IPA keyboards (so you can type in phonetics)
• https://ipa.typeit.org/full/
• https://www.blugs.com/IPA/index.html
Downloadable IPA fonts (free) for your computer
• https://software.sil.org/doulos/
• https://software.sil.org/charis/
Sites that allow you to listen to pronunciation of IPA symbols
• https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/
• http://phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html
• https://www.ipachart.com/
• https://enunciate.arts.ubc.ca/linguistics/world-sounds/
• http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/
• http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/index.html
Sites that allow you to see and listen to pronunciation of IPA symbols
• https://www.seeingspeech.ac.uk/
• https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/home/

with the other online resources accompanying this book, includes links to IPA charts to 
Resources regarding transcription and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Official IPA charts from the International Phonetic Association
• https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/ipa-chart
• https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/sites/default/files/extIPA_2016.pdf
Journal of the International Phonetic Association
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association
Online IPA keyboards (so you can type in phonetics)
Downloadable IPA fonts (free) for your computer
Sites that allow you to listen to pronunciation of IPA symbols
• https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/
• http://phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html
• https://enunciate.arts.ubc.ca/linguistics/world-sounds/
• http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/
• http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/index.html
Sites that allow you to see and listen to pronunciation of IPA symbols
• https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/home/

Transcription self-study programs
• http://phonetics.ucla.edu/course/contents.html
• http://elearning.marjon.ac.uk/ptsp/
• https://libguides.northwestern.edu/phonetics/
• http://billcprice.com/futureimperfect/2013/06/three-types-of-web-resources-for-teaching-phonetics/

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the International Phonetic Association, to the Journal of the International Phonetic Association, and to sites that allow you to type, see, and listen to the pronunciation of the IPA 
symbols. If you are working with a child who has a cleft palate, additional resources will be

valuable (e.g., Harding & Grunwell, 1998; Howard, 2011).
Prevalence of SSD in Children Children, especially between the ages of 3 and 6 years, 
with SSD comprise a significant portion of the caseloads of SLPs. A 2012 survey from the 
National Center for Health Statistics (Black, Vahratian, & Hoffman, 2015) estimated that 
among children with a communication disorder, 48% of 3- to 10-year-old children had an 
SSD only, a proportion that dropped to 24% of 11- to 17-year-old children. Residual or persistent speech errors are estimated to occur in 3.8% of 8-year-old children (Wren, Miller, 
Peters, Emond, & Roulstone, 2016) and 1% to 2% of older children and adults (Flipsen, 2015). 
Adding to the complexity of SSD is that 11% to 40% of children with SSD have co-occurring 
language impairment (Eadie et  al., 2015; Shriberg, Tomblin, & McSweeny, 1999). SSD in 
kindergarten children have been associated with lower literacy outcomes (Overby, Trainin, 
Smit, Bernthal, & Nelson, 2012) and poorer overall academic performance with long term 
consequences for their educational experiences and employment outcomes (McCormack, 
McLeod, McAllister, & Harrison, 2009; McLeod, Harrison & Wang, 2019). Consequently,

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