Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence : Assessment and Intervention

by Paul

• ISBN13: 9780323006606
• ISBN10: 0323006604
• Edition: Map
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-12
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

LANGUAGE DISORDERS FROM INFANCY THROUGH ADOLESCENCE, 2nd Edition provides readers with the information they need to properly identify and assess childhood language disorders and to provide appropriate treatment. The book, divided into three sections and a total of fifteen chapters, covers the entire developmental period while also delving into additional concepts that are important to the practice of child language disorders, including prevention, syndromes associated with language disorders, and multicultural practice. Comprehensiveness makes it the ideal textbook for the student, and an excellent reference source for the practitioner First-person writing style contributes to readability and ease of comprehension, making the material highly accessible Includes a comprehensive resource list, useful for research and learning while in school as well as post-graduation Provides cutting-edge information on all topics, ensuring that the student learns the most up-to-date material available Case studies and vignettes throughout the book demonstrate how the information presented in the chapters can be applied in clinical practice Study guides are included at the end of each chapter to make reviewing specific information easy Multicultural approach deals with considerations for working with children of all races and backgrounds Comprehensive Author index allows the reader to quickly locate information referenced within the text and in the field of speech language pathology

Author Biography

Rhea Paul is Professor Communication Disorders Southern Connecticut State University and Yale Child Study Center New Haven, CT.

Table of Contents

Section I Topics in Child Language Disorders	1	(198)
Definitions and Models of Language Disorders in Children	3	(18)
Definitions of Child Language Disorders	3	(4)
A Brief History of the Field of Language Pathology	7	(1)
Terminology	8	(2)
Models of Child Language Disorders	10	(11)
Principles of Assessment	21	(41)
The Diagnostic Process	21	(2)
Making Assessment Decisions	23	(27)
The Hard-to-Assess Child	50	(1)
Integrating and Interpreting Assessment Data	51	(11)
Principles of Intervention	62	(35)
The Purpose of Intervention	62	(1)
How Intervention Can Change Language Behavior	63	(1)
Developing Intervention Plans	64	(26)
Evaluating Intervention Outcomes	90	(7)
Causation and Prevention in Child Language Disorders	97	(19)
Causes of Language Disorders in Children	98	(10)
Prevention of Language Disorders in Children	108	(8)
Special Considerations for Special Populations	116	(49)
Mental Retardation	117	(6)
Language Disorders Associated with Sensory Deficits	123	(7)
Disorders with Environmental Components	130	(4)
Communication in Psychiatric Disorders	134	(13)
Acquired Disorders of Communicative Function	147	(6)
Specific Language Disorders	153	(12)
Child Language Disorders in a Pluralistic Society	165	(34)
Defining Language Differences	166	(1)
Communication in America's Cultures	166	(8)
Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Different Children	174	(12)
Language Intervention with the CLD Child	186	(13)
Section II From Birth to Brown's Stage V	199	(186)
Assessment and Intervention in the Prelinguistic Period	201	(45)
Family-Centered Practice	201	(1)
Service Plans for Prelinguistic Clients	201	(7)
Risk Factors for Communication Disorders in Infants	208	(2)
Assessment and Intervention for High-Risk Infants and Their Families in the Newborn Intensive Care Nursery	210	(7)
Assessment and Intervention for Preintentional Infants and Their Families: 1 to 8 Months	217	(12)
Assessment and Intervention for Infants at Prelinguistic Stages of Communication: 9 to 18 months	229	(4)
Considerations for the Older Prelinguistic Client	233	(13)
Assessment and Intervention for Emerging Language	246	(44)
Early Assessment and Intervention	247	(33)
Considerations for Older Clients with Emerging Language	280	(10)
Assessment of Developing Language	290	(59)
Family-Centered Assessment	291	(1)
Assessing Collateral Areas	292	(1)
Screening for Language Disorders in the Period of Developing Language	293	(3)
Using Standardized Tests in Assessing Developing Language	296	(9)
Criterion-Referenced Assessment and Behavioral Observation for Children with Developing Language	305	(34)
Considerations for Assessing Older Clients with Severe Impairment at the Developing Language Level	339	(10)
Intervention for Developing Language	349	(36)
Intervention Policy Issues at the Developing Language Level	349	(4)
Intervention for Developing Language: Products, Processes, and Contexts	353	(23)
Intervention with Older Clients with Severe Impairment at the Developing Language Level	376	(9)
Section III Working with Language Learning Disabilities	385	(203)
Language, Reading, and Learning in School: What the SLP Needs to Know	387	(18)
Definitions and Characteristics	388	(7)
Language, Learning, and Reading: What's the Connection?	395	(10)
Assessment of Language for Learning	405	(50)
Child and Family in the Assessment Process	406	(1)
Identifying Students for Communication Assessment	406	(6)
Using Standardized Tests in the L4L Stage	412	(6)
Criterion-Referenced Assessment and Behavioral Observation in the L4L Stage	418	(26)
Considerations for the Older Client at the L4L Stage	444	(11)
Intervention at the Language-for-Learning Period	455	(46)
Planning Intervention in the L4L Stage	455	(4)
Intervention Products in the L4L Period	459	(2)
Intervention Processes in the L4L Period	461	(22)
Intervention Contexts in the L4L Period	483	(8)
Considerations for the Older Client at the L4L Stage	491	(10)
Assessing Advanced Language	501	(46)
Language Development in Adolescence	501	(2)
Student-Centered Assessment	503	(1)
Screening, Case Finding, and Establishing Eligibility with Standardized Tests in the Advanced Language Stage	504	(33)
Criterion-referenced Assessment and Behavioral Observation in the Advanced Language Stage	537	(1)
Assessing Functional Needs in the Advanced Language Stage	537	(10)
Intervention for Advanced Language	547	(41)
Issues in Intervention at the Advanced Language Stage	547	(2)
Products of Intervention in the Advanced Language Stage	549	(1)
Processes of Intervention in the Advanced Language Stage	550	(26)
Contexts of Intervention in the Advanced Language Stage	576	(5)
Transitional Intervention Planning	581	(7)
References	588