Books that will Aid In Private Speech Therapy Practice

A speech therapist is primarily concerned with helping both children and adults overcome their speech, language and communication problems. They are delighted in the opportunity to work with these patients to come up with ways to work through these difficulties, in a manner that suits each client’s needs.

The field of speech pathology is complex, and requires a lot of knowledge on the physical cognitive and social sides of speech and communication. Those who run private speech therapy practices must have in their practice attended many conferences and seminars and consumed a lot of educational material to widen their range of expertise. There remains a lot to be learned. There exist five books which can be utilized to improve the type of therapy on offer.

Such a book is one titled Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology: A Resource Manual by Kenneth Shipley and Julie McAfee. It is primarily used to assess a patient’s speech-language pathology. It contains a substantial amount of assessment materials, instructions, tools, and procedures. It generally, helps a therapist apply his/her knowledge to his/her patients. Once you have read it; you will be in a potion to personalize how you deliver the knowledge gained to the patients.

The next book is titled Eliciting Sounds: Techniques and Strategies for Clinicians by Wayne A. Secord. It benefits therapists who aim to treat kids and adults with sound pronunciation problems. It has in it certain techniques that will be helpful to those with lisps, articulation particular sounds, among others. It is a good teaching aid that turns your therapy sessions into fun and interesting times, while the clients receive the help they need.

The next book is titled Terminology of Communication Disorders: Speech-Language-Hearing by Lucille Nicolosi, Elizabeth Harryman, and Janet Kresheck. As the name suggests, it is a glossary book for both students and practitioners to refer to in their practice. It can be said to be the dictionary of speech therapy. On its own, it is extremely useful, but it can be enhanced through the addition of tools like the rehab documentation software.

The fourth title is Successful R Therapy by Pam Marshalla. It extensively deals with the /r/ sound and how it is formed in speech. It comes with a detailed description of how your mouth, tongue, and lips aid in the pronunciation of this specific sound. It also points out the differences between a vocalic R, a consonantal R, a back R, and a tip R. Children are normally the ones with the most difficulty pronouncing this letter, so this book is a great inclusion in their treatment.

The last book is titled Evaluating & Enhancing Children’s Phonological Systems by Barbara Hodson. It is meant to address phonological problems and disorders in kids. It is a tool to aid speech therapists to know which practice works with which child whose speech is unintelligible. It encourages the use of Hodson’s Cycles Approach, but only if you wish to. It provides a lot of intervention techniques which will aid in making better treatment plans.

There exist any texts for helping in the speech therapy practice. These are some of the best there are.

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