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Demystifying the Complexity Approach: Making Theory Practical

Demystifying the Complexity Approach: Making Theory Practical

SLP

The complexity approach is a highly researched evidence-based intervention for children with phonological disorders, though not widely used even among seasoned practitioners. Its guiding target selection principle contends that strategically targeting just one or two complex later developing phonemes or clusters will have a broader and more efficient impact on a child’s speech system than by targeting each early developing sound in error one at a time. This presentation will provide an overview and rationale for this approach and explain the principles for target selection. Strategies for choosing appropriate target phonemes and therapy implementation will be discussed.

Presenters

  • Amy Graham

    MA, CCC-SLP

    Amy Graham is a speech language pathologist and owner of Graham Speech Therapy, a private practice in Colorado Springs that specializes in pediatric speech sound disorders. Amy is the creator of the Graham Speech Therapy Oral-Facial Exam and the Bjorem Speech Sound Cues Deck for Lateralization. She has a particular interest in supporting and equipping SLPs to provide evidence-based treatment by posting frequent therapy videos and practical therapy tips via her social media accounts.

Learning Objectives

Explain how the complexity approach differs from traditional developmental approaches for speech sound disorders
Discuss how the principles of implicational universals and sonority sequencing can help SLPs choose appropriately complex targets.
Describe how the complexity approach can be integrated into real-life therapy

Agenda

Agenda

5 minutesIntroduction
15 minutesOverview and rationale of the complexity approach
15 minutesUnderlying principles of the complexity approach
20 minutesTarget selection for the complexity approach and implementation
5 minutesWrap-Up

Disclosures

Disclosures

Speakers - FinancialAmy was paid a flat fee for this course and receives a percentage of course sales. Amy has developed materials available for purchase on her private practice website, GrahamSpeechTherapy.com, Bjorem Speech Publications, Teachers Pay Teachers, Boom Learning, and Holland Healthcare.
Speakers - NonfinancialAmy has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
Course - ContentAmy has no relevant content disclosures.
Course - Financial Support & In KindThis course, and all courses in the Speech Sound Disorder Series, are being sponsored by SLP Toolkit, Adventures in Speech Pathology, Bjorem Speech Publications, and Graham Speech Therapy

ASHA

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area

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