Williams (communicative disorders, East Tennessee State U.) et al. assemble 25 chapters that outline treatment interventions for speech sound disorders, for speech-language pathologists, students, and parents. Speech-language pathologists and researchers from North America, Australia, South Africa, and the UK focus on children with functional or motor-based speech disorders from early childhood through early elementary school, describing 23 phonological and articulatory interventions, their efficacy, and how to select them, including direct speech production interventions, interventions in broader contexts, and those for achieving speech movements. These encompass sound production accuracy, systemwide restructuring of phonology, motor speech, and perceptual training, and computer-based and family-focused interventions. Individual chapters incorporate discussion of considerations for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Techniques are demonstrated on the accompanying DVD. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
