Description: This practical manual emphasizes self-monitoring and self-reliance. Dozens of exercises will keep your clients' progress on track. It begins with an introduction to dysarthria: its definitions, types, etiology, prognosis, principles of therapy, and treatment goals. Client and family handouts provide education, and a simple communication board helps people through the rough spots. Creative exercises many appropriate for home programs present intriguing characters and situations as they address: oral-motor exercises resonance phonation relaxation respiration prosody intelligibility in utterances of increasing length and complexity articulation in CVC syllables, minimal pairs, phrases, and sentences

Author: Kaufman-Katz, Beth

Publisher: Pro-ed, Inc

Year Published: 1999

Format: SOFTCOVER

Keywords: adults with dysarthria;