La Trobe

Question 1

Principles

Answer 1

Student clinician-led program
teach smooth speech in a variety of situations
transfer skills to maintain in everyday life

Question 2

Smooth speech

Answer 2

start words gently
link them smoothly
stretch out vowels
pause at right places

Question 3

Intensive phase

Answer 3

5 days of 9 hours of treatment per day

teach in group and individual

Question 4

Intensive phase days 1-3

Answer 4

Instatment: learning SS
start at 60SPM and move towards a comfortable rate
Clinician models and client mimics
audio exemplar
start with vowels -> words -> multisyllabic words phrases ect
Reduce feedback frequency
Homework tasks require recording at home and bringing it in to review the next day

Question 5

Intensive phase days 4-5

Answer 5

Transfer tasks
prepare hierarchy of speech situations, work towards most difficult
Practice those speaking situations
rehearse, plan. role play
Actually implement those tasks in daily life

Question 6

Maintenance phase

Answer 6

2 hour sessions once a week for 7 weeks 
measures of %SS in clinic
review of home practice activities
review of SS technique 
last 30 minutes of group interaction and practice

Question 7

Review phase

Answer 7

7 hours of contact time over a semester

unlimited access to these review days