Routledge Handbook of Communication Disorders
The Routledge Handbook of Communication Disorders provides an update on key issues and research in the clinical application of the speech, language and hearing sciences in both children and adults. Focusing on areas of cutting-edge research, this handbook showcases what we know about communication disorders, and their assessment and treatment. It emphasizes the application of theory to clinical practice throughout, and is arranged by the four key bases of communication impairments: Neural/Ge...
“A skilled science translator, Denworth makes decibels, teslas and brain plasticity understandable to all.”—Washington Post Lydia Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: deprivation. How would a child’s brain grow outside the world of sound? How would he communicate? Would he learn to read and write? A...
Communication Options in the Education of Deaf Children (Exc Business And Economy (Whurr))
by Wendy Lynas
This book examines critically three broad categories of communication approach which are currently advocated by the different schools of thinking concerned with the socialization and education of deaf children. These are: the "auditory-oral", the "total communication" and the "bilingual approach". In each case the claims for the approach are identified, the arguments offered for are assessed and the counter-claims made by the critics are presented. The research relating to the efficacy of each a...
Handbook of Augmentative and Alternative Commuication
by Carolyn Higdon
This is an introductory how-to text for training students or individuals who are new to the AAC process. Comprised of approximately six chapters, the content is at an introductory level consisting of: the history and background of augmentative and alternative communication, the AAC assessment process and many other useful topics.
Communication Disorders in the Classroom: An Introduction for Professionals in School Settings
by William O. Haynes, Michael J. Moran, and Rebekah H. Pindzola
Speech, language, and hearing disorders have the potential to affect a student communicatively, socially, psychologically, and academically. In this work, the authors cover the range of impairments found in school-age children with suggestions for teacher intervention. Topic coverage includes: 1. Legal issues and service delivery models; 2. Normal aspects of communication; 3. The development of language and phonology; 4. Phonological disorders; 5. Children with limited language; 6. School-age an...
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Handbook of Perception and Action (Handbook of perception & action, Vol 1)
by Wolfgang Prinz and Bruce Bridgeman
This volume combines the classical fields of perception research with the major theoretical attitudes of today's research, distinguishing between experience - versus performance-related approaches, transformational versus interactional approaches, and approaches that rely on the processing versus discovery of information. Perception is separated into two parts. The first part deals with basic processes and mechanisms, and discusses early vision and later, yet still basic, vision. The second cove...
SAVE when you order this item as part of a set. Inventario I: Primeras Palabras y Gestos, sold in packages of 25 for easy re-ordering, is one of the two standardized, parent-completed report forms that make up the the Spanish adaptation of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs), which was designed by top language researchers to assess language and communication skills in young children ages 8-30 months. With the Inventarios, professionals can tap into parents' invaluable...
I'm An Audiologist I Can't Fix Stupid But I Can Help You Hear It
by Deliles Gifts
Increasing the Language Skills of Students from Low-income Backgrounds
by Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin
Clinical Cases in Augmentative and Alternative Communication provides a concise introduction to the rapidly expanding field of AAC. It brings together internationally renowned experts in the field to discuss its application and outline key principles of intervention to support communication using AAC. Carefully grounded in evidence-based clinical practice, the book highlights the diversity of potential applications for AAC across a wide range of client groups, including children and adults wit...
A Building a Language-focused Curriculum for the Preschool Classroom
by Betty H. Bunce
A well-designed language-focused curriculum creates natural and teacher-directed opportunities for preschoolers to develop the language and communication skills that are essential to later academic success. And all children benefit -- those with language impairments, those learning English as a second language, and those developing typically.Volume II offers a semester's worth of activities and ideas for more than 50 dramatic play, art, and group exercises that emphasize social, cognitive, and m...
This is a comprehensive, interpretive account of aphasia written to appeal to a broad audience. It combines historical, anatomic, and psychological approaches toward understanding the nature of aphasia. Included is a discussion of the brain-language relationship, the symptoms and syndromes common to aphasia, and alternative approaches to classification.
Menopause (A Massachusetts General Hospital book)
by Isaac Schiff and Ann B. Parson
Lernkarten Medizin Für Sprachtherapeuten
by Franziska Lodziewski, Annette Marek, Sarah Fiedler, and Natascha Prüssner
This work shows that, with advances in technology and an emphasis on infant screening, deaf and hard of hearing children are being identified at an early age - expanding the need for knowledge about early intervention and education for these young children and their families. It aims to help early interventionists, education professionals, speech-language pathologists, and students navigate complex issues. Readers will: learn to consider the family, community, and cultural and linguistic context...
Human Measurement Techniques in Speech and Language Pathology
by Toni Rietveld
Human Measurement Techniques in Speech and Language Pathology gives an overview of elicitation methods in the assessment and diagnosis of speech and language disorders and explains approaches to the qualification of the obtained data in terms of agreement and reliability. Despite technological advances in the assessment and diagnosis of speech and language disorders, the role of human judgements is as important as ever. Written to be accessible to students, researchers and practitioners alike,...
Introduction to Communication Disorders
by Robert E. Owens, Jr., Dale Evan Metz, and Adelaide Haas
Introduction to Communication Disorders: A Lifespan Perspective presents an informative overview of the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in an interesting and highly readable manner. This text provides a solid foundation for future study by providing many viewpoints for the introductory student, offering personal stories of people with communication disorders, and examining the field from a lifespan perspective. In addition, the best models of good practice and approaches for as...
For professionals teaching theory of mind skills to children with language and learning difficulties and with autism spectrum disorders, this is a practical, interactive teaching tool which helps children to understand other people's unique feelings, beliefs, desires and perspectives and how they influence behaviour. Key features include: Engaging - 185 illustrated scenarios, accompanied by simple questions for children and prompts for practitioners; Interactive - each scenario-activity is suppo...
A clinical psychologist explains how tinnitus sufferers can learn to tolerate the noises in their heads until they become no more distressing than the sounds of breathing.
An Indispensable Guide to Better Communication. Our ability to hear keeps us connected to the world, and any degree of hearing loss can be frustrating and isolating. If you or someone you love has trouble hearing, this book will help improve your communication and quality of life. Hear What You've Been Missing outlines the many tools and strategies available to overcome the effects of hearing loss. Audiologist Donna Wayner answers common questions about causes and treatment of hearing loss, hear...