Language and Communication Disorders in Children

This book is an introduction to the dynamic areas of speech-language pathology and special education. It focuses on the ways children learn language and the ways to help children who do not. The authors present their material with the knowledge that the study of children's language and communication disorders will challenge students to apply theories of child development and disorders for the rewarding experiences of providing intervention to communicatively disordered children

FEATURES

- A new framework for viewing the prerequisites for language development.

- A complete chapter introducing the reader to the concept of emergent literacy.

- Increased attention is given to the language development of school-age children.

- Part II bridges the gap to clinical application by providing new information on language assessment of school-age children and focusing on the delivery of services to the multicultural population.

- Covers birth through school aged children including new information on available tests, and discuss developmental disabilities from a language-learning perspective.