Overall, my guiding principles to treatment are based on the needs of the child and family; includes the whole child; and it is firmly rooted in a communication and relationship based framework. A holistic, play-based, developmental approach provides the foundation for assessment and treatment that is evidence based and efficient. Specific treatment approaches that are utilized include Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC), PROMPTs for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets, Kaufman’s Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP), Multi-sensorial Approach (David Hammer), and ReST (Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment). These are all practiced within the current research of the principles of motor learning (PML) as it applies to motor speech.

Treatment targets functional communication which may include the use of pictures, gestures and augmentative communication devices. Research indicates that this type of support assists the development of motor speech and facilitates communication development.

Basically this means that I have knowledge and training in a variety of types of treatment approaches that have been shown to have improvements and I vary what is needed based on the child’s needs indicated in the assessment, family interview and progress during treatment.