	Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Anomalies: Effects on Speech and Resonance by Ann W. Kummer (Author) Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies: Effects on Speech and Resonance is the only book of its kind that covers both oral and facial anomalies and cleft palate. Designed as a how-to guide for the practicing clinician, this book emphasizes what students, clinicians new to this population, and any member of a cleft palate team need to know in the workplace. It includes information on common craniofacial anomalies, associated anomalies, and genetic syndromes. Everything from basic information on...
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
(Thomson Learning) Dept. of Special Education and Individualized Services Speech Pathology Program, Kean Univ., Union, NJ. A hands-on manual for clinicians that provides proven techniques for managing the speech and voice disorders for cleft palate. Covers intervention methods ranging from early intervention and preschool to adolescence. Softcover.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 8 reviews)

Easy to read and practical by Cynthia Collazo Diaz (Puerto Rico)

4 Stars
November 03, 2006
The material in this book is very easy to comprehend. It can benefit both parents and professionals.

Helpful resource by Darci L. Truax (Gillette, WY)

5 Stars
April 05, 2006
This resource has a variety of valuable information for working with children with VPI or a cleft palate. It covers from birth through childhood. A must for clinicians who work with this type of population.

Phenomenally helpful for treatment by pac (San Francisco, Ca)

5 Stars
March 17, 2006
This book is a great resource for therapist's working with cleft palate, and VPI. It is not designed to be a resource for parents, but a functional guide to provide therapy that works. What therapist isn't looking to make progress? This book makes even the most difficult clients make progress. It is a wonderful book.

MOM of a 4-month old baby with cleft of the soft palate by Meredith Parker (Lake Mary, Florida)

5 Stars
August 27, 2005
I'm a Mom of a 4-month old baby with a cleft. I also have a M.S. in speech-pathology. (What are the odds?) :) I found this book to be really helpful, because while I attended one of the leading institutions for graduate school, we only had 1 class on Craniofacial Disorders, most of which focused on diagnosis and not on how to do therapy with people with cleft. If you're a therapist reading this review, then you'll appreciate this book for the easy-to-recognize discussion of all aspects of speech, how articulation and VPI both may be affected with the presence of cleft (many folks think it's just hypernasality and nasal emission, when actually artic can become a big factor). This is just one example. The book highlights the importance of early intervention, even when surgery to correct the cleft hasn't been done, citing the importance of learning appropriate behaviors for speech, even in the absence of "normal" anatomy. (Therapy after surgery, then, can be much more successful, and kiddos aren't learning inappropriate compensatory strategies in the meantime.) There are chapters for doing therapy with all ages, including what kinds of things you can do with an infant who is not yet speaking. That was great for my family. If you're a PARENT of a child with cleft, there may be some things that don't readily make sense (sideview diagrams of the oral cavity during production of different speech targets), but most of the book is still going to be an excellent resource. It will teach you the logic of the TYPES of speech issues that can accompany speech with cleft, how these can develop and why they might develop, what you can expect, and what you can help do about it. I am a big believer in the more you learn, the more an advocate you become for your own child. And the more a part of the therapy "team" you become. Instead of just "taking your child to see the therapist", you become the "at home therapist" who can read, understand, ask questions, and implement good at-home behaviors that can help make a few weekly hours of professional therapy stretch beyond the walls of the "office", and into the child's everyday environment. Finally, if you're a new parent of a child with a cleft, please feel free to write me. There are few parents that were easy for me to talk to when my baby was born with this issue. Feeding is difficult in the beginning and it can feel scary and foreign, and far from the breastfeeding and closeness that you were imagining, especially if food is coming out the nose like it was for us, etc. It was a really vulnerable time for me and my family and therefore, I'd like to give other new parents someone to talk to who understands what you're going through and can maybe help with some ideas. You can write me at sternsmk@hotmail.com or mparker@plato.com :)Meredith

An Excellent Source for Therapists Working with VPI by PulgaBucky (Northeast, Ohio USA)

5 Stars
January 30, 2002
This book gave our therapist a clear set of instructions for working with my daughter, who has VPI and a submucus cleft palate. Using these techniques, after over a year of traditional therapy, within six months of three sessions a week this therapist had my daughter saying most of her sounds. It gave my baby her voice so she could tell me with words what she had, up until then, been telling me with gestures and tone of voice. If your child has any leakage of air into his or her nose when speaking, this book is a must read. Read it yourself and pass it to your speech therapist. My daughter is now in a position where they can evaluate what, if any, surgical intervention will help with her speech.

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