Involvement of parents in intervention for childhood speech sound disorders: a review of the evidence: Involvement of parents in intervention for SSD
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Background Internationally, speech and language therapists (SLTs) are involving parents and providing home tasks in intervention for phonology-based speech sound disorder (SSD). To ensure that SLTs' involvement of parents is guided by empirical research, a review of peer-reviewed published evidence is needed. Aims To provide SLTs and researchers with a comprehensive appraisal and analysis of peer-reviewed published intervention research reporting parent involvement and the provision of home tasks in intervention studies for children with phonology-based SSD. Methods & procedures A systematic search and review was conducted. Academic databases were searched for peer-reviewed research papers published between 1979 and 2013 reporting on phonological intervention for SSD. Of the 176 papers that met the criteria, 61 were identified that reported on the involvement of parents and/or home tasks within the intervention. These papers were analysed using a quality appraisal tool. Details regarding the involvement of parents and home tasks were extracted and analysed to provide a summary of these practices within the evidence base. Main contribution Parents have been involved in intervention research for phonology-based SSD. However, most of the peer-reviewed published papers reporting this research have provided limited details regarding what this involved. This paucity of information presents challenges for SLTs wishing to integrate external evidence into their clinical services and c…
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Typically, intervention involves a considerable amount of home-training to achieve high-enough dose and dose frequency.
“Typically, intervention involves a considerable amount of home‐training to achieve this (Sugden et al. 2016).”
From Self‐Supervised App‐Based Speech Training for Children With Speech Sound Disorder—A Single‐Case Experimental Design Study (2026) · cites this paper as Sugden et al. 2016
Parental involvement in speech intervention can integrate practice into everyday life activities and increase training intensity.
“One potential benefit of parental involvement in speech intervention, as well as a key to increased training intensity, is the opportunity to integrate practice into everyday life activities (Bowen and Cupples 2004; Sugden et al. 2016; Leafe et al. 2025).”
From Self‐Supervised App‐Based Speech Training for Children With Speech Sound Disorder—A Single‐Case Experimental Design Study (2026) · cites this paper as Sugden et al. 2016
For children with SSD, when systematic error patterns persist over time, speech-language intervention is often recommended.
“For children with SSD, when such systematic error patterns persist over time, speech‐language intervention is often recommended (Baker and McLeod 2011; Sugden et al. 2016).”
From Self‐Supervised App‐Based Speech Training for Children With Speech Sound Disorder—A Single‐Case Experimental Design Study (2026) · cites this paper as Sugden et al. 2016
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Strömbergsson, S., Edlund, E., Pettersson, M., Phan, N., & Kurimo, M. (2026) · International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders · doi:10.1111/1460-6984.70163
- Authors
- Sugden, E., Baker, E., Munro, N., & Williams, A. L.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- East Tennessee State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sugden, Eleanor
- Venue
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-03-27
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 597-625
- ISSN
- 1368-2822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2309241860
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6
- FWCI
- 0.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Cross Connect (Southern Cross University) (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Commons - East Tennessee State University (East Tennessee State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Voice and Speech Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Keywords
- parental involvement, speech sound disorders, phonological disorders, phonological intervention, intervention fidelity, reporting quality, evidence-based practice
- MeSH terms
- Child, Humans, Language Development Disorders, Language Therapy, Parents, Speech Therapy, Speech Sound Disorder
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