Kaufman Speech Praxis Test For Children

Based on years of experience and research, The Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children (KSPT) is an innovative new resource that assists in the diagnosis and treatment of developmental apraxia (dyspraxia) of speech in preschool children. Developed by Nancy Kaufman, a national authority on verbal dyspraxia, the KSPT identifies the level of breakdown in a child's ability to speak so that treatment can be established and improvement tracked. Easy to administer and score, the test measures a child's imitative responses to the clinician, locates where the child's speech system is breaking down, and points to a systematic course of treatment. Results of the KSPT are useful beyond establishing an initial diagnosis. Gains in motor-speech proficiency can be measured and quantified in several ways. Individual sections of the test can be used to establish treatment goals and measure progress. The KSPT includes Manual • Used as a reference • Normative data • Information on the psychometric properties of the test Clinician’s Guide • Set up on the user’s desk or table and refer to as the test is being given • Spiral-bound format • An overview and section-by-section instructions on administering and scoring the test • Glossary Test Booklets • Packages of 25 • Used in administering and scoring the test • Space for initial assessment and retest scores • Additional test booklets available The KSPT Kit comes with one packet of 25 test booklets. Additional test booklets can be ordered. Test booklets come 25 to a package.

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Developed by one of the leading experts on childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and an expert on test development, the DEMSS tool is an efficient way to assess children who have significant speech impairment, especially reduced phonemic and/or phonetic inventories, vowel or prosodic errors, poor speech intelligibility, and/or little to no verbal communication.

Issued for use as a kit, consisting of 4 components, tracks articulation skills from preschool through primary and secondary school years and into young adulthood.

Developmental Phonological Disorders: Foundations of Clinical Practice, Second Edition, is the only graduate-level textbook designed for a competency-based approach to teaching, learning, and assessment. The book provides a deep review of the knowledge base necessary for the competent assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of developmental phonological disorders. Thoroughly revised and updated, the textbook contains learning objectives in each chapter to further support understanding of concepts and carefully designed case studies and demonstrations to promote application to clinical problem solving. Key Features: Learning objectives for each chapter subsection. Includes the how, why and when to apply each assessment and treatment procedure in clinical practice. 62 tables containing clinically relevant information such as normative data to interpret phonological assessment results. 99 figures to support clinical decision making such as recommending a treatment delivery model, selecting treatment targets or choosing evidence based interventions. 35 case studies to support a competency-based approach to teaching and assessment. 35 demonstrations that show how to implement assessment and treatment procedures. The Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of seminal studies and leading-edge research on both phonological development and phonological disorders, including motor speech disorders and emergent literacy. This wealth of theoretical background is integrated with detailed descriptions and demonstrations of clinical practice, allowing the speech-language pathologist to design interventions that are adapted to the unique needs of each child while being consistent with the best research evidence. New to the Second Edition: Updated and expanded section on Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Updated and expanded sections on the identification and treatment of inconsistent phonological disorder. Administration and interpretation of the Syllable Repetition Task added. Administration and interpretation of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology added with case studies and demonstrations. New organization, formatting, and editing to reduce the size of the book. Case Studies were revised to a single page format. Improved Table of Contents to ease access to content including norms tables, case studies, and demonstrations.

Initially developed by co-author Cheri Fraker in the course of treating an eleven-year-old who ate nothing but peanut butter, bread, and milk,Food Chainingis a breakthrough approach for dealing with picky eating and feeding problems at any age.Food Chainingemphasizes the relationship between foods in regard to taste, temperature, and texture. InFood Chaining, the internationally known feeding team behind this unique method shows how to help your child enjoy new and nutritious foods, no matter what the nature of his picky eating. The guide also includes information on common food allergies, improving eating skills, advice specific to special needs kids, and a pre-chaining program to help prevent food aversions before they develop.Food Chainingwill help you raise a lifelong healthy eater.

This effective discrete trial intervention approach helps young preverbal children on the autism spectrum say their first words and make progress toward communicative competence. Includes video clips of RMIA in action!