Core Vocabulary: Professional Handout

Professional Handout

Core Vocabulary

Population:

·      Appropriate for children with inconsistent pronunciations of words

·      Appropriate for children with multiple sound errors

·      Appropriate for children who are unintelligible

·      Not appropriate for childhood apraxia of speech

·      Appropriate for children ages 2 and up

o   Primarily 2-4 year olds.

Goals of Core Vocabulary

·      First, the child should achieve age appropriate production of core vocabulary words. (Keep in mind; some speech errors are normal depending on child's age.)

·      Second, the child should use consistent productions of the core vocabulary words.

The Procedure:

·      Therapy will be held 2 times a week for 30 minutes.

·      Therapy will continue for 8 weeks or more. (16+ sessions)

·       Parents and clinician choose 70 relevant vocabulary words.

·      10 new words will be targeted each week.

·      A speech language pathologist will deliver the therapy, but parent involvement is vital to success.

Core Vocabulary Schedule

·      Session 1: Establish best production of 10 target words for that week

o   Words are taught sound-by-sound-segmentation, imitation, and cued articulation

·      Session 2: Each of the 10 words will be practiced for mastery 3 times during the session.

o   Practiced with a Drill approach incorporating games like Candy Land, Jenga, etc.

·      After 14 days (every 4^th session) one therapy session should be dedicated to monitoring for change or generalization.

o   Monitored by eliciting 10 untreated words, 3 times each

·      *This procedure will repeat for the 8 weeks with 10 different vocabulary words each week.

Parent Involvement:

·      Clinicians work with parents to create a list of 70 vocabulary that are relevant to the child

·      Clinicians encourage parent involvement in reinforcing vocabulary words at home in the child’s natural environment.

Evidence Based

·      Research conducted by Barbara Dodd, Beth McIntosh, Sharon Crosby, and Allison Holm, has collectively shown that Core Vocabulary best benefits children with inconsistent errors.

·      Barbara Dodd also concluded that Core Vocabulary works well as an introduction to therapy techniques and after master of the vocabulary words a new approach could be initiated to increase correct production of all words.

Dodd, B., Holm, A., Crosbie, S., & McIntosh, B. (2006). Core Vocabulary Approach For Management of Inconsistent Speech Disorder. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 8(3), 220-230. Retreived October 16, 2017.

Resources:

 Crosbie, S., Holm, A., & Dodd, B. (2005). Intervention for children with severe speech disorder: A comparison of two approaches. 40(4), 467-491. Retrieved October 16, 2017.

Dodd, B., & Bradford, A. (2000). A comparison of three therapy methods for children

With different types of developmental phonological disorder. Int. J. Language Communication Disorde, 35(2), 189-209. Retrieved October 16, 2017.

Dodd, B., Holm, A., Crosbie, S., & McIntosh, B. (2006). Core Vocabulary Approach For Management of Inconsistent Speech Disorder. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 8(3), 220-230. Retreived October 16, 2017.

McIntosh, B., & Dodd, B. (2008). Evaluation of Core Vocabulary intervention for

treatment of inconsistent phonological disorder: Three treatment case studies. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 9-30. Retrieved October 16, 2017.