Description
The Kaufman cards are ideal for building motor-speech coordination for children with apraxia of speech.
Updated for fall 2011 with 24 new Kaufman cards and a revised manual!
The Kaufman apraxia kits employ a systematic treatment approach that controls the level of motor-speech difficulty by simplifying word pronunciation patterns. Each Kaufman speech card displays a series of “successive approximations” of the target word based on least physiological effort. The Kaufman apraxia “word shell” approach is highly effective for quickly building motor-speech coordination and allows children with apraxia to begin progressing immediately from a simple core vocabulary toward becoming effective vocal/verbal communicators.
The Kaufman Speech Praxis Treatment Kit 1 (basic level) was updated in August 2011 and now contains 225 visual referent speech cards targeting the syllable shapes that children with apraxia of speech need to master to become effective vocal/verbal communicators. The accompanying 52-page manual explains the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP) methods and how to get children started on the road to combining consonants and vowels to form words.
Also see: Kit 2 - Advanced Kaufman apraxia cards.
Kit 1 Target Sounds: /p,b,m,t,d,n,h/
Each card breaks down the target word into a series of successive word approximations based on least physiological effort. These "word shells" provide a verbal avenue by which children communicate at their own skill level with success!
The Manual Contains:
Kaufman Treatment Kit 1 Highlights:
- Targets the sounds /p, b, m, t, d, n, h/ to train children to combine consonants and vowels to form words.
- Includes the syllable shapes children need to master to become effective vocal/verbal communicators.
- Contains unique pivot syllables such as "ny" or "dle/do" which are not included in other apraxia treatment materials.
- Durable, brightly illustrated, cards.
- 225 engaging pictures (5"x7") with color illustration on front and phonemic approximations (word shells) on the reverse side to quickly establish functional vocabulary.
- A fun and durable carrying case with card files color coded and designed for easy pulling and replacing.
- Vowel-to-vowel movement (diphthongs) VV.
- Simple consonant production (C).
- Repetitive syllables (CVCV).
- Consonant-to-vowel movement (CV).
- Vowel-to-consonant movement (VCV).
- Repetitive syllables with vowel change (CV1CV2).
- Simple monosyllables with assimilation (CVC).
- Simple consonant synthesis (C/CVC/CVC).
- Simple bisyllabics with consonant and vowel change (C1V1C2V2).
From the Author:
"Clinicians will appreciate that more complex phoneme patterns are introduced as the child's ability improves, thus maintaining the child's ability to speak at his or her maximum level."
—Nancy Kaufman, MA, CCC-SLP
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Target Audience
Children who are having difficulty with the production, synthesis, and/or sequencing of words with /p, b, m, t, d, n, h/. (Visual referents most appropriate for children ages 2-6.)
Author
Nancy R. Kaufman, MA, CCC-SLP, is the owner and Director of the Kaufman Children's Center for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor, and Social Connections, Inc. located in West Bloomfield, MI. Since 1979, Nancy has dedicated herself to establishing the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP), a treatment approach to help children become effective vocal communicators. She serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) and is the Speech and Language Pathologist Consultant for the Parish School and Carruth Center in Houston, TX. Nancy was the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and she received the 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award from Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences. The Kaufman Children's Center (KCC) received the Clinical Service Award from the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Nancy is also an honoree of the Lawrence Technological University Leaders & Innovators program.
She is the author of the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children, the K-SLP Treatment Kits for Children, the K-SLP Workout Book, the K-SLP Mutt Family Practice Puzzle, the K-SLP Instructional DVD Training Program, and co-author of K&K Sign to Talk: Nouns and K&K Sign to Talk: Verbs. Nancy lectures nationally and internationally on the subject of childhood apraxia of speech and other speech sound disorders in children. Many specialists in the field of applied verbal behavior (AVB) have adopted the K-SLP for children with autism spectrum disorders. Families from around the United States and the world travel to the KCC to participate in intensive and specialized therapy programs. Nancy received her B.A. at Michigan State University and M.A. at Wayne State University, having been awarded a graduate assistantship. The KCC continues to grow and has earned a reputation for excellence, warmth, and successful outcomes. Nancy has three grown children and resides with her husband in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
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