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Introduction to Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders, Second Edition
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Clinical Decision Making in Developmental Language Disorders
Edited by Alan G. Kamhi, Ph.D., Julie J. Masterson, Ph.D., and Kenn Apel, Ph.D.



SLPs—get ready to work effectively with children and adolescents who have developmental language disorders with this indispensable resource. Highly respected editors Alan G. Kamhi, Julie J. Masterson, and Kenn Apel have developed a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind text that

  • Teaches assessment and intervention. The book's first half shows SLPs how to assess spoken and written communication skills and select targets for intervention, and the second half is an extensive guide to interventions for specific areas of language development.
  • Covers the widest range of topics. Current and future practitioners will get clear, explicit guidance on all the practical issues they'll face on a daily basis.
  • Addresses a broad age span. Readers will discover how to manage the specific issues they'll encounter when assessing and intervening with infants, toddlers, preschool children, school-age children, and adolescents.
  • Incorporates both scientific evidence and clinical insight. More than two dozen expert contributors lay out the latest research and add their own wisdom from years of practice—showing readers how to use sound clinical judgment to fill the gaps in available evidence.

The most complete treatment of this critical subject area, this essential text will prepare SLPs to make the best possible clinical decisions—and improve the communication and overall quality of life for children and adolescents with developmental language disorders.



ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-155766882-0
Paperback
416 pages
7 x 10
2007
$39.95
Stock# 68820


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Table of Contents

Series Preface
Editorial Advisory Board
About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword
Laurence Leonard
Preface
Acknowledgments

Section I. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Target Selection

Chapter 1. Considerations for Family-Guided Communication Assessment of Infants and Toddlers in Natural Environments
Juliann Woods and Amy M. Wetherby

Chapter 2. Assessment of Prelinguistic & Emerging Language Skills of Children with Developmental Language Disorders
Shari A. Robertson

Chapter 3. Assessment of Preschool & Early School-Age Children with Developmental Language Disorders
Shari A. Robertson

Chapter 4. Assessment and Diagnosis of Adolescents and Young Adults: Spoken Language Disorders
Julie Wolter

Chapter 5. Assessment of Reading Comprehension and Written Expression in Adolescents and Adults
Bonnie D. Singer

Chapter 6. Language Variation, Assessment, and Intervention
Elizabeth D. Peña, Connie Summers, & Maria Resendiz

Section II. Intervention and Service Delivery

Chapter 7. Facilitation of Early Communicative Behaviors
Carla Wood Jackson

Chapter 8. Syntax-Morphology
Catherine H. Balthazar and Cheryl M. Scott

Chapter 9. Semantic Intervention: Enhancing Vocabulary Knowledge in Children with Language Impairment
Gail T. Gillon, Catherine A. Moran, & Felicity Page

Chapter 10. Addressing the Social Concomitants of Developmental Language Impairments
Sean M. Redmond & Geralyn R. Timler

Chapter 11. Supporting the Development of Spoken Narrative Skills in Children with Language Impairment
Donna Boudreau

Chapter 12. Early Literacy Development
Joan Kaderavek

Chapter 13. Spelling and Word-Level Reading: A Multilinguistic Approach
Julie J. Masterson and Kenn Apel

Chapter 14. Understanding and Remediating Text Comprehension Problems in School-Age Children
Sandra Laing Gillam

Chapter 15. The Right to Write: Composition Instruction for Students with Language/Learning Disabilities
Laura Green

Chapter 16. Serving Secondary Students
Kevin N. Cole

Chapter 17. Facilitating Language Skills in Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Lisa A. Wood & Pamela Hart

Chapter 18.Legal Mandates: Impetus for Improving Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of School-Age Children and Adolescents with Developmental Language Disorders
Tom C. Ehren & Barbara J. Ehren

Section III. Future Directions

Chapter 19. Thoughts and Reflections on Developmental Language Disorders
Alan Kamhi

Index


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