"The late eight, now in its second edition, is a popular resource for clinicians, students, and academics working with students whose speech contains errors affecting [th] (voiced theta), [th] (unvoiced theta), [s], [z], [l], Vocalic [r], [r], [sh], or [ts]. These nine sounds typically are the last acquired by English speaking children, and they are the sounds most likely to challenge school-aged students and non-native English speakers, both children and adults. This text fills the need for a resource that a student or clinician can turn to when treating a school-aged student or non-native English speaker who experiences difficulties with one or more late-acquired sound"-- Publisher's description. "For the second edition, a new chapter, written by Dr. Carlin Hageman, offers a motor learning perspective on assessing and treating the late eight. In addition, the companion DVD has been expanded to include 10 demonstration videos showing a motor learning perspective. Resources for each late-acquired sound include: Technical and non-technical definitions; Age of acquisition; Common errors; Key phonetic environments; Useful metaphors; Touch cues; Initial screening tests; Stimulability tests; Demonstrations of place, manner, and voicing; Phonetic placement and shaping techniques; Speech exercises, language awareness and speech activities; Lists of words divided by phonetic and word environments; Minimal pairs. A companion DVD contains reproducible 'cheat sheets,' exercises, and word lists for clinical use"--Back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.