Publisher's Synopsis
When working with speech-language problems, the clinician engages in the complex decision-making, problem-solving process that is "intervention planning." There are no failsafe therapeutic recipes for resolving such issues.Intervention Planning for Communication Problems Across the Lifespan: Striving for Evidence Based Practice provides readers with a thorough, practical guide for formulating plans based on external clinical research, internal clinical practice, and the preferences of informed clients. The text helps readers consider all factors that might be contributing to a speech/language disorder through simulated client cases that are "diagnosed" much in the way real clients would be. Filled with thought-provoking features, this focused text provides an invaluable resource for those entering the field.Intervention Planning for Communication Problems Across the Lifespan features:detailed content that ensures an in-depth, descriptive approach, conveying material in an understandable, yet thorough, manner.learning objectives that highlight important concepts and focus student reading.Recommended Term Projects allowing opportunity for an applied approach to textual concepts.Chapter Exercises and illustrative Boxesvand diagrams that make complex, abstract information visual, helping readers to retain what they learn.
