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From: Anne Bothe
Date: 21 Oct 2004
Time: 09:32:48 -0500
Remote Name: 128.192.78.134
Hi -- If you'd like to send me an email directly to abothe@coe.uga.edu, I'd be happy to correspond further about direct and indirect treatments. As far as something for general public consumption here, I'll just say that there is plenty of research that shows pretty clearly that direct treatment tends to have very good results on children's speech and no ramifications as far as their language, emotional status, etc. (as far as that last, I'm thinking of a study from the "Lidcombe" group; perhaps Dr. Packman will weigh in here). Of course, if you think your daughter got worse, then I believe you, and my best advice would be to do exactly what you seem to be doing: Stay sensitive to her and her needs, and work closely with her SLP. Hope that helps, and best wishes with it all.