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Targeting Prosody: A Case Study of an Adolescent

Lamar University

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mlharn{at}my.lamar.edu.

	Abstract

Currently, there are few published treatment studies to address prosody in clinical populations. Developing treatment protocols is challenging due to the considerable degree of heterogeneity across individuals with prosodic disturbances and the multiple aspects of prosody, voice, speech, and language that can be affected. The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical management of prosody and outcomes in an adolescent who exhibits atypical prosody, residual segmental speech errors, morphosyntactic errors, and social communicative difficulties. An explicit approach using meta-awareness and discrimination strategies was used. Positive outcomes in some targeted behaviors were noted, whereas other behaviors did not change. Outcomes are discussed relative to the treatment approach.

First published on October 9, 2009
Communication Disorders Quarterly 2009, doi:10.1177/1525740109348793


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