Hegde's PocketGuide to Treatment in Speech-Language Pathology

Now in its fifth edition, Hegde's PocketGuide to Treatment in Speech-Language Pathology is a renowned resource, the first of its kind, and now a classic in communication sciences and disorders.

When Dr. Hegde designed the pocketguides in 1996, it was a singular source of comprehensive information on treatment procedures in speech-language pathology. It still retains this unique status; there is no other single book in speech-language pathology from which the SLPs can get step-by-step descriptions of treatment procedures for every disorder of communication. This revised PocketGuide to Treatment, like the other two classic guides, 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, not only an encyclopedic knowledge of the entire range of treatment concepts and approaches, but also specific treatment procedures that can be readily applied in treating any disorder of communication in any child or adult. In addition, the guide offers treatment selection criteria to promote evidence-based clinical practice, points out the existing or nonexistent evidence for described treatment procedures. The guide also offers guidelines on treating all communication disorders in ethnoculturally diverse individuals.

SLPs that has this handy guide on their desk 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.

Key Features

• Current knowledge on treatment philosophies, approaches, and techniques
• Alphabetical entries and section tabs for ease of access
• Underlined terms that alert the reader for cross-referenced entries on related concepts and procedures
• Step-by-step treatment procedures the clinicians can easily follow in treating any disorder of communication in individuals of any age
• Multiple treatment options for each disorder
• Summative statements on the evidence for each procedure

New to the Fifth Edition

• Updated information on recently researched treatment procedures and approaches
• Added descriptions of newer and multiple treatment procedures in operational terms
• Methods by which treatment procedures are evaluated for their effectiveness
• Criteria for selecting an effective treatment procedure among available alternatives
• Streamlined and integrated entries for easier access to treatment procedures