Overview

Too often SLPs neglect the fact that children with cerebral palsy have a motor disorder that impacts their communication and feeding. In the same way that intervention is specialized for clients with hearing impairment, autism, and apraxia, treatment for children with cerebral palsy requires a specific focus on motor impairment.
This book is intended to help therapists working with children with cerebral palsy and other neuromotor disorders. It provides practical clinical interventions for children with cerebral palsy from expert clinicians and evaluates evidence to support these practices. This book highlights problem-solving and critical thinking skills necessary to assess and treat the feeding and communication needs of this heterogeneous group with central motor impairment. This book focuses on Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) which is used extensively by PTs and OTS, but only rarely by SLPs. It describes how NDT can be combined with other modalities to offer the best quality of care.

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Neurogenics
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Pediatrics
Audience Level: Professional

The ABCs of CP and NDT
Fran Redstone, Ph.D., Adelphi University

NDT—Feeding in the NICU

NDT—Feeding for older children in schools

Common behavioral and feeding issues in children with CP
Suzanne Morris, Ph.D.

Drooling/saliva control
Jan Allaire, MS

NDT sound production for the infant and toddler; EI
Leslie Davis, MS

NDT Speech sound facilitation & PROMPT
Fran Redstone, Ph.D. & Leslie Davis, MS

Early language intervention and interaction; EI
Gaylord Pinder, Ph.D.

Preliteracy and literacy intervention

AAC and NDT
Cindy Arroyo, D.A., Adelphi University

How CP and co-occurring impairments impact communication—autism/apraxia

About The Editor

Fran Redstone, PhD, CCC-SP

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