{"product_id":"pro-ed-prosody-treatment-program-by-joseph-a-rothstein-31267","title":"Pro-ed Prosody Treatment Program by Joseph A. Rothstein - 31267","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePro-ed Prosody Treatment Program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAges: \u003c\/strong\u003e3-17\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrades: \u003c\/strong\u003ePreK-12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eImproving receptive and expressive fundamental prosodic skills means your student will communicate emotions and attitudes, mark the most important parts of his messages, indicate a question or statement, and much more, all without adding additional words.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMost typically-developing children have mastered the functional aspects of prosodic expression by age five (Wells, Peppe, \u0026amp; Goulandris 2004). However, students with autism, apraxia of speech, Williams syndrome, dysarthria, and other disorders often present with speech that is monotone, robotic, or overly dramatic. They may find it hard to understand others' use of prosody.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eReceptive and expressive systematic cues adapted from the dynamic temporal and tactile cueing (DTTC) hierarchy by Strand, Stoeckel and Baas, 2006 are an integral part of this best-practice program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eProsody Treatment Program is presented in two sections: Preschool and School Age. Additional files are available that can be used during specific activities and faded as you become familiar with how to model the prosodic patterns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Preschool\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis section is appropriate for working with children ages 3-5. The activities target rhythm, pitch, vocal tone, voice manipulation, melodic patterns, whisper voice, and inflections.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMusic activities are natural and fun ways to develop rhythm and pitch. Students are motivated to produce vocal inflections as they sing. The simple song melodies use common functional phrases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe naturalistic and functional strategy of using character voices develops the use of vocal tones. Preschoolers distinguish story characters by changing tone: deep tones for monsters, squeaky tones for mice, high pitch for babies, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eProducing animal sounds develops voice manipulation skills. Preschoolers listen to and imitate animal sounds in a fun guessing game format.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePlaying musical instruments develops rhythm and pitch; the concepts slow\/fast and quiet\/loud, and melodic patterns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eUsing expressions develops inflection. Activities are designed to naturally encourage expressions like wheee!, yum!, ewww!, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAdditional ideas and clinician tips make it easy to prepare every lesson and maximize progress. Implementing prosodic treatment early can avoid and\/or reduce speech that sounds artificial.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2: School Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis section is appropriate for working with children ages 5-18. It includes the Prosody Screening Test and activities that provide:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003einstruction and practice for improving prosodic skills in the areas of loudness, pitch, and rhythm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003equick overviews and directions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eTherapy activities target the skills on the screening test, and include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eLoudness–students learn why it's important to control the loudness of their voices based on location, proximity to a conversational partner, and the nature of the conversation. They also learn how word and syllable stress change and influence meaning of individual words.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePitch–students learn to identify and use high and low pitch to ask a question, make a comment, or give a command. They learn how pitch gives listeners clues about a speaker's emotion and how changes in their pitch can convey emotion. Students also learn to interpret and use sarcasm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eRhythm–students learn to recognize and use the rhythmic components of speaking rate and chunking. These skills are critical to helping listeners understand the meaning of what the speaker is saying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHomework–the activities in this section are designed to help students transfer their prosody skills outside of therapy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eProsody Screening Test–This test, for students ages 5-18, is designed to give you useful information about your clients to establish baseline data, write treatment goals, and measure progress. 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