Speech Sound Disorders

With three new chapters and updates throughout, Speech Sound Disorders: For Class and Clinic, Fifth Edition offers a readable and practical guide on the care of speech sound disorders. It emphasizes evidence-based principles and procedures that underlie almost all clinical approaches, making this an ideal textbook for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. The text is divided into four parts: Foundations, Speech Development, Assessment, and Treatment. Contributors supporting Ken E. Bleile's longstanding text include Todd A. Bohnenkamp, Jaimie L. Gilbert, Samantha Ehler, Lindsey R. Squires, Blair M. Voigt, Carlin Hageman, and Evette Edmister. Key Features Each chapter begins with learning objectives and key words, and ends with conclusions and review questions Readable and practical discussions of complex clinical topics Coverage of speech sound disorders from infants through adults Clear link between speech development and clinical decision making Emphasis on underlying principles and procedures New to the Fifth Edition Three new chapters! Treatment Approaches by Blair M. Voigt Motor Learning by Carlin Hageman Late Sounds en Espanol by Lindsey R. Squires Updated developmental speech milestones incorporate the latest information from multiple languages PluralPlus Online Ancillaries For Instructors: PowerPoint slides with non-copyrighted pictures covering the main ideas in chapters A test bank with 200 objective questions with answers Answers for the exercises in the "learn by doing" chapters For Students: Recordings that summarize main ideas in all the chapters written by the author Note helpers for chapters and recordings by the author Every recording concludes with 10 review questions of main ideas in the chapter Assessment Resources: Questions to help assess social impact of communication Procedures to measure severity and intelligibility Lists of developmental milestones from infants through students Tools for informal speech assessments from toddlers through students A Selection of published tests Treatment Resources: A 20-minute audio presentation on motor learning 15 brief narrated treatment videos of children with speech sound disorders Descriptions and demonstrations to help teach every consonant Over 100 phonetic placement and shaping exercises Hundreds of activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and students to promote speech during play, in daily life and school, in reading, and in language

Ken M. Bleile, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Northern Iowa. Dr. Bleile is an ASHA Fellow and a recipient of the Iowa Regents' Scholar Award, the Fine Arts Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence. and an Editor's Choice Award from The Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. Dr. Bleile served twice as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. He is the former Chair of ASHA's International Issues Board and is a recipient of the association's Multicultural Board's Diversity Champion Award.