The role of families in optimizing phonological therapy outcomes

Bowen, Caroline; Cupples, L.

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The role of families in optimizing phonological therapy outcomes

Bowen, Caroline, Cupples, L.·2004·Child Language Teaching and Therapy

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Developed in Australia, Parents and Children Together (PACT) is a broad-based, family-centred phonological therapy. It is a treatment approach for developmental phonological disorders in the course of whose implementation speech and language therapists enlist the active participation of parents and significant others. It requires family members to learn technical information and develop novel skills to use, with professional guidance, in relation to their own child and his or her specific speech clarity issues. In this paper we review the family education and “homework’ aspects of PACT and explore, with brief case illustrations, the participation of 13 families involved in its administration.

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Authors: Bowen, C., & Cupples, L.
Affiliations: Macquarie University (AU)
ORCID: Bowen, Caroline
Cupples, L.
Venue: Child Language Teaching and Therapy
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2004-10
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Pages: 245-260
ISSN: 0265-6590 (ISSN-L)
1477-0865
DOI: 10.1191/0265659004ct274oa
OpenAlex: W2158656379
Cited by: 40
References: 21
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 4.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Child Language Teaching and Therapy (publishedVersion)
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: phonological therapy, parental involvement, family education, homework, speech clarity, speech therapy

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