Unlock Effective Speech-Language Pathology Interventions with Treatment Companion

As a speech-language pathologist (SLP), have you ever struggled to develop effective intervention strategies for students with developmental delays and disorders? Look no further than Treatment Companion: A Speech-Language Pathologists Intervention Guide for Students With Developmental Delays and Disorders. This invaluable resource provides SLPs with practical ideas and strategies for achieving a range of common language goals, from adapting interventions to meet the needs of students with severe or complex disorders to creating customized road maps for successful communication.

Co-authored by seasoned clinicians Inna Itskovich, Megan Meyer, and Miriam Shaffer, Treatment Companion fuses real-world experience with up-to-date research to offer a user-friendly and straightforward approach to identifying options and goals that meet students where they are. Whether your students are visual or kinesthetic learners, oral speakers or AAC users, engaged or distracted, this guide provides accessible and innovative strategies to support their communication development from birth to age 21.

What Sets Treatment Companion Apart

This comprehensive guide features easy-to-navigate headings, examples, and visuals, making it an ideal resource for SLPs to consult on an as-needed basis. The included figures showcase examples of intervention resources and strategies, with color versions available on the companion website.

Treatment Companion offers a range of valuable tools and features, including:

• Language goals divided into four levels, aligned with developmental milestones
• Steps Toward Mastery, outlining a progression for guiding students to mastery of a goal
• Activities in Treatment, providing suggestions for working on skills through specific therapy activities
• Demystifying Augmentative and Alternative Communication appendix, offering an approachable overview and example scenarios for those new to AAC

With Treatment Companion, both novice and experienced clinicians can access a valuable tool to support their clients in achieving the highest level of communication possible.

Product Details

Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc.

Publication Date: May 5, 2023

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 274

ISBN-10: 1635504813

ISBN-13: 978-1635504811