Introduction to Children with Language Disorders, An

by Reed, Vicki A.

• ISBN13: 9780205420421
• ISBN10: 0205420427
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The new edition ofAn Introduction to Children with Language Disordersprovides an excellent overview of the variety of populations of children who have language disorders.Authored by Vicki Reed, the third edition has been thoroughly updated and revised. Organized by common childhood language disorder populations, this offers a discussion of language disorders in a wide range of children, which gives this text a depth and breath that's unsurpassed. Coverage encompasses language disorders in children with specific language impairment, mental retardation, autism, learning disabilities, hearing-impairment, and acquired language disorders; language disorders in children from toddler age to adolescence, in bilingual-bicultural children, and, in special populations such as gifted children, children with visual impairment, children with neuromotor problems, and children with cleft palate. This new edition includes excellent coverage of adolescents with language disorders and an explanded and updated chapter on intervention. A new spearate chapter on AAC and its consideration with children with language disorders is also included.

Table of Contents

Aspects of Normal Language and Communication

Language and Human Communication: An Overview

Communication

Components of Language

Comprehension and Production

Communication Modes

Biological, Cognitive and Social Bases of Human Communication

Normal Language Development: A Review

The Prelinguistic Period: The First 12 Months

The First Word Period

The Period of Two-Word Utterances

The Preschool Years and Beyond

Language, Literacy, and Education

Children With Language Disorders

Toddlers and Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment

Identification of Children with Language Impairment

An Overview of Specific Language Impairment

Language Characteristics of Children with Specific Language Impairment

Implications for Intervention

Language and Children with Learning Disabilities

An Overview of Children with Learning Disabilities

Linguistic Issues Relevant to Learning Disability

Communication Problems in Children with Learning Disabilities

Implications for Intervention

Adolescents with Language Impairment

A Neglected Group with Significant Problems

Language Development

Characteristics of Language-Disordered Adolescents

Assessment

Intervention

Language and Children with Intellectual Disabilities

An Overview of Intellectual Disabilities

The Delay-Difference Controversy

Language Characteristics of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Language Characteristics of Children with Down Syndrome

Implications for Intervention

Language and Children with Autism

An Overview of Children with Autism

Communication in Children with Autism

Implications for Intervention

Language and Children with Auditory Impairments

Overview of Hearing Loss

Language of Children with Differing Degrees of Hearing Loss and Intervention Implications

Central Auditory P

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