Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech with the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol: A Phase I Pilot Study

Autor/inn/en	Gomez, Maryane; McCabe, Patricia; Jakielski, Kathy; Purcell, Alison
Titel	Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech with the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol: A Phase I Pilot Study
Quelle	In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49 (2018) 3, S.524-536 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-1461
DOI	10.1044/2018_LSHSS-17-0100
Schlagwörter	Neurological Impairments; Pilot Projects; Research Design; Children; Phonemes; Speech Impairments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Forschungsdesign; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fonem; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung
Abstract	Purpose: A Phase I pilot study was designed to collect preliminary evidence on the use of the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP; Kaufman, 2014) to treat children with childhood apraxia of speech. We hypothesized that the K-SLP approach would result in more accurate speech production in targeted words, whereas untrained (control) words and speech sounds would remain unchanged. Method: A single-case multiple-baseline across behaviors experimental design was used to see if experimental feasibility could be demonstrated. Two children each received a total of 12 1-hr treatment sessions over 3 weeks. The children's response to treatment and experimental control was measured by administering baseline, treatment, and post-treatment probes. Results: Both children showed some response to treatment, as measured by percent phonemes correct; however, the response to treatment varied. In general, for the treated words that improved with therapy, accuracy was maintained above baseline level during the maintenance phase. Minimal generalization was observed for this study, with only 1 participant generalizing treatment gains to 2 sets of untrained (similar) words. Conclusion: This Phase I pilot study provides limited preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of the K-SLP approach in treating childhood apraxia of speech in some children under the conditions specified in this study. Replication of these results in well-controlled studies is needed before this structured and operationalized version of the K-SLP approach can be recommended for clinical use. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01