Speech Therapy in Cleft Palate and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction

Speech Therapy in Cleft Palate and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
by: Ginette Phippen (Editor)
Publisher:J&R Press Ltd
Publication Date: 15 Oct. 2013
Language:English
Print Length:364 pages
ISBN-10:1907826149
ISBN-13:9781907826146
Book Description
This is a practical and accessible handbook of evidence-based practice for the assessment and management of speech disorders relating to cleft palate and VPD. The book specifically draws on UK expert knowledge and practice with reference to research and current clinical procedure. The accompanying CD provides many useful resources such as assessment frameworks and checklists, phonetics resources, treatment plans and decision-making aids. This book: – empowers community-based SLTs in their work with this client group, from assessment and differential diagnosis through to treatment – comprehensively links and applies theory to practice, with detailed case studies – makes the clinical decision-making process explicit at each stage of assessment and intervention – provides practical models and resources for working across all age ranges in clinics, pre-schools and schools – includes comments from patients, clients and carers, providing important feedback about the acceptability of service provision.
About the Author
This is a practical and accessible handbook of evidence-based practice for the assessment and management of speech disorders relating to cleft palate and VPD. The book specifically draws on UK expert knowledge and practice with reference to research and current clinical procedure. The accompanying CD provides many useful resources such as assessment frameworks and checklists, phonetics resources, treatment plans and decision-making aids. This book: – empowers community-based SLTs in their work with this client group, from assessment and differential diagnosis through to treatment – comprehensively links and applies theory to practice, with detailed case studies – makes the clinical decision-making process explicit at each stage of assessment and intervention – provides practical models and resources for working across all age ranges in clinics, pre-schools and schools – includes comments from patients, clients and carers, providing important feedback about the acceptability of service provision.