Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence: Assessment and Intervention by Rhea Paul, Pamela Bruni (Photographer), Ayub Balweel (Photographer)

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Synopsis

The new edition of this popular text provides essential guidance for properly assessing childhood language disorders and providing appropriate treatment. Coverage includes the entire developmental period through adolescence, as well as additional concepts related to child language disorders such as prevention, syndromes associated with language disorders, and multicultural practice. Using a descriptive-developmental approach (also known as communication-language approach), this resource presents basic concepts and vocabulary used in the field, an overview of key issues and controversies, an understanding of the scope of communicative difficulties that make up child language disorders, and information on how language pathologists approach the assessment and intervention processes.

• Provides detailed information on how to implement assessment and intervention procedures in clinical practice.
• Features such as case studies, clinical vignettes, and suggested projects help readers apply key information to real-life situations.
• A straightforward writing style makes this book easy to read and understand.
• More than 250 tables and boxes summarize important information such as dialogue examples, sample assessment plans, assessment and intervention principles, activities, and sample transcripts.
• Practice exercises with sample transcripts allow readers to practice different methods of analysis.
• Helpful study guides at the end of each chapter help readers review and apply what they have learned.
• Communication development milestones are printed on the inside front cover for quick access.

• Completely updated content includes new research, newtechniques, current trends, and new information sources.
• Features an increased emphasis on evidence-based practice.
• Chapter objectives have been added to each chapter.
• Includes additional case studies and vignettes that illustrate practical applications of key concepts.
• A companion CD-ROM bound in the text offers video clips and suggested projects for each chapter.
• A detailed list of tables, boxes, and illustrations — with corresponding page numbers — is located at the front of the book for quick reference.

Annotation

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Francys Subiaul, PhD (George Washington University)
Description:This book, an update to the 2001 edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and intervention for childhood language disorders.
Purpose:The new edition incorporates the latest research and new trends in the field of speech-language pathology. Intended for students of speech-language pathology, it focuses on the clinical application of the information. A large number of children that speech-language pathologists see will present with some type of language delay or disorder. The book is organized well, the information is presented clearly, and the author's objectives are met.
Audience:Although it is written for students of speech-language pathology, the book can also be used as a valuable reference by speech-language pathologists. The author has incorporated the latest research and new trends in the field, and has a considerable amount of expertise in this area.
Features:The book covers the assessment and treatment of language disorders in children who are at the prelinguistic, emerging language, developing language, language-for-learning, and advanced language levels. The author reviews various models of childhood language disorders, the main purposes of intervention, considerations for special populations, and children who are culturally and linguistically different to give students valuable background information. The author also provides helpful reference tables, such as a chart of the milestones of communication and literacy development.
Assessment:This is an extremely helpful book for both students and cliniciansin the field of speech-language pathology. The third edition is needed to provide the most up-to-date research in this constantly changing field.

Biography

Paul, Rhea, PhD (Portland State Univ)