Treatment Approaches

Lidcombe Program

The Lidcombe Program is an efficient, well researched, evidence-based program for treating pre-school stuttering. Using Lidcombe, parents learn to respond constructively to their children's speech to teach them how to speak without stuttering. For more information on-line, go to the Australian Stuttering Research Center-University of Sydney website, http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/asrcwww/downloads/index.htm.

Wisnia-Kapp Reading Programs, Inc.(WKRP)

A multisensory reading program that teaches Improved left/right tracking skills; strengthens sound symbol relationships; develops organization and retrieval skills and improve ability to decode words.
Judith Wisnia and Associates, Inc.
111 South Bedford Street
Burlington, MA 01803
(781) 272-2100
Website: Wisnia-Kapp Reading Programs, Inc.(WKRP)

Visualizing and Verbalizing® for Language Comprehension and Thinking (V/V®) by Nanci Bell

The program applies concept imagery to reading comprehension, oral language comprehension, following directions, higher order thinking skills, expressive language and writing.
Lindamood-Bell
108 Pleasant Street
Arlington, MA
(781) 643-4567
Website: www.lblp.com

The Fast ForWord® Family of Programs

Has computer based training programs to improve language skills for students with language-learning disabilities.
Website: www.fastforword.com
Description: Fast ForWord® is a computer based program which targets auditory processing and memory skills so necessary for classroom success. Based on over twenty-five years of brain research, Scientific Learning uses patented technology to target the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning.

Links to Language

Links to Language is authored by Marion Blank, Ph.D., Laura McKirdy, Ph.D., CCC/SLP, & Pamela Payne, M.S., CCC/SLP, for children with language impairment, such as autism, pervasive developmental disorder, aphasia, cognitive impairment. Links is a highly structured and sequenced program that provides children with the prerequisites for learning language. This program also provides a receptive and expressive language acquisition protocol.

Children learn pre-verbal skills that are designed to increase focused and sustained attention, memory, sequencing, and the chunking of information.

Receptively: helps to improve following directions skills, comprehension of basic concepts and answering questions. Receptive language skills include recognition activities, following from simple to complex directions, and answering fourteen different types of question forms.

Expressively: Expand sentence length through imitation through imitation with the use of small toys displayed in various vignettes. Expressive language activities are comprised of imitating vignettes of increased length and complexity, all of which are demonstrated with small toy objects. Parent training and participation with the child in a home program are key to the success of this program.

Floor Time

Floor Time is a program developed by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wider, Ph.D. that teaches Floor Time play strategies for different types of children and families with special needs. It was specifically developed for autistic children.

Earobics

Earobics: Award-winning software that teaches phonological processing and auditory processing skills that are critical for reading and literacy success, Earobics® follows a systematic approach and provides motivating and colorful interactive games that help children forget they are doing ?work!? When purchasing make sure to get the one for HOME-USE.

Stuttering Programs

Programmed Therapy for Stuttering in Children and Adults (Ryan, 1974). This program is an operant conditioning progrqam which seeks to establish fluent speech by eliminating stutttering in a controlled environment (10 to 20 hours). The fluent response is reinforced (positively and /or negatively) and the stuttering behavior is discouraged. Once fluent speech has been established in the treatment room transfer to various settings, audiences is instituted (5 to 10 hours). COMPERTOWN- Compertown Program (PC) is a behavioral program for adults who stutter. Prolonged speech is the treatment method used but no specific programmed instruction such as, "use gentle onset" is provided to establish fluency or transfer. http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/asrcwww/downloads/Camperdown_Tmt_Manual.pdf. Lessac-Based Resonant Voice Treatment. Received training in Lessac-Bassed Resonant voice from Katherine Verdolini, Ph.D., CCC-SLP.

Moving Through Syllables

Fight Your Fear

A cutting edge program developed by Don Greene that applies sports psychology and techniques to executive stress and performing arts.

Accent Reduction

LDS & Associates Lorna Sikorski's accent training.