Introducing Jarrod: A child with a phonological impairment

Abstract

In this paper, Jarrod, a 7 year old child with a severe phonological impairment is presented. The paper outlines the process of recruitment and selection of the child. The assessment battery and process is described in detail. The child's case history, family background and context, medical and developmental history, audiological history, educational history, speech and language history and non-verbal abilities are presented. This is the first paper in this special issue of Advances in Speech-Language Pathology. In the remainder of the special issue, experts provide analyses of these data and recommend intervention targets for Jarrod. The final paper in the special issue describes the outcome of intervention for Jarrod using core vocabulary therapy.

Keywords:

• Phonological impairment
• case history
• speech disorder
• assessment