Speech and Language Therapy: The decision-making process when working with children

by Kersner; Myra

• ISBN13: 9780415614085
• ISBN10: 0415614082
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-03-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The new edition of this seminal textbook reflects how recent research and changes in health and education services have affected the decision-making process in the assessment and management of children with speech and language problems.Individual chapters written by experts in their field illustrate how the decisions made by practitioners may vary within different work settings and how they may need to be adapted when working with specific client groups. They also show how such decisions are part of effective evidence-based practice. The book provides an overview of the skills required by the developing professional and offers insight into working as a newly qualified therapist in the current job market. The ways in which speech and language therapists work with colleagues from other disciplines are also considered.An important textbook for speech and language therapy students, potential students and specialist teachers in training, Speech and Language Therapy: the decision-making process when working with children will also be relevant to newly qualified therapists, therapists returning to the profession, specialist teachers and Special Educational Needs Coordinators.

Author Biography

Myra Kersner lectures at University College London, UK. Jannet A. Wright is Professor of Speech and Language Therapy and Head of the Speech and Language Therapy Division at De Montfort University, UK.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. viii
List of contributors	p. ix
Terminology and abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Learning how to be a professional	p. 3
The decision-making process in speech and language therapy	p. 5
Developing as a speech and language therapist	p. 16
The first job: bridging the gap	p. 28
Management in different settings	p. 37
Managing pre-school children in community settings	p. 39
The roles of speech and language therapists working in community clinics, child development centres and hospitals	p. 47
Working with children with speech, language and communication needs in school settings	p. 57
Managing children individually or in groups	p. 67
Working with others	p. 79
Working with parents	p. 81
Working with other practitioners	p. 89
Assessing and managing children with communication problems	p. 97
Working with children with specific speech impairment	p. 99
Children with autism spectrum disorders	p. 109
Working with children with language delay and specific language impairment	p. 117
Working with deaf children	p. 126
Multicultural issues in assessment and management	p. 135
Children with communication problems and additional emotional/behavioural problems	p. 143
Working with children with written language difficulties	p. 153
Cleft palate and velopharyngeal anomalies	p. 162
Children who stammer	p. 173
Children with severe learning disabilities	p. 183
Children with acquired speech and language problems	p. 191
Augmentative and alternative communication	p. 201
Children with feeding difficulties	p. 210
References	p. 218
Index	p. 237
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