Hegde's PocketGuide to Treatment in Speech-Language Pathology

This revised PocketGuide blends the format of a dictionary with the contents of a textbook and clinical reference book. With this guide, both the students and the professional clinicians may have, at their fingertips, the encyclopedic knowledge of the entire range of treatment concepts and approaches, general treatment guidelines and specific procedures, treatment evaluation and selection criteria, detailed and multiple treatment procedures for all disorders of communication, and guidelines on treating ethnoculturally diverse individuals.


The SLP that has this handy guide in his or her pocket will have a quick as well as a detailed reference to general and specific treatment procedures and many brief, task-specific treatment procedures that a clinician may readily use in serving any individual of any age. The information may easily be reviewed before the clinical sessions or examinations, because the entries in the guide are in the alphabetical order.

Features:
*Current knowledge on treatment philosophies, approaches, and techniques
*Alphabetical entries for ease of access
*Underlined terms that alert the reader for cross-referenced entries on related concepts and procedures
*Step-by-step treatment procedure
*Multiple treatment options for each disorder

New to the fourth edition:
*Updated entries to reflect current practice and procedures
*Newer and multiple treatment concepts and procedures
*Methods by which treatment procedures are evaluated
*Criteria for selecting an effective treatment procedure among available alternatives
*New 4.5x8 inch trim size for easier portability