This article describes an approach to the treatment of young children whose speech problems are classified in the category of "persistent sound system disorder." The approach fosters development of stimulability skills through broadening of the phonetic inventory early in the treatment process. A case study illustrates treatment…

A cooperative service delivery model was successfully developed between a university clinic and a public school system to evaluate and treat a child (age seven) with phoneme-specific nasal emission, enabling the child to establish correct production in the clinic setting and transfer production in a school treatment program. (Author/DB)