Includes DVD of strategies in action!

Treatment of Language Disorders in Children
Edited by Rebecca J. McCauley, Ph.D., & Marc E. Fey, Ph.D.



With this much-needed textbook, graduate students in SLP courses will have the comprehensive knowledge they need to evaluate, compare, select, and apply effective interventions for language disorders in children. Expert contributors take a balanced, in-depth look at 15 widely used interventions, examining how they should be applied, what evidence demonstrates that they really work, and what SLPs should do to support and refine the approaches.

Future practitioners will consider three types of interventions: those targeting prelinguistic and early linguistic communication, more advanced language and literacy, and multiple levels of language and/or nonlanguage goals. Each chapter critically examines one treatment approach and brings it to life with one or more realistic case studies and a DVD clip that shows the strategy in action. Readers will get rich, detailed discussion of  

• the theoretical and empirical basis of each intervention
  
  
• target populations
  
  
• assessments for determining treatment relevance and goals
  
  
• practical requirements
  
  
• assessment methods to support decision making
  
  
• considerations for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  
  
• application to an individual child
  
  
• future directions

The book’s consistent chapter format makes it easy for students to evaluate and compare treatment approaches. And with the brief, memorable DVD clips of each approach in action, students will have vivid illustrations of the interventions that they can’t get from any other textbook.

An essential text for future practitioners — and an ideal resource for in-service professional development — this book is the key to choosing and implementing the best interventions for children with language disorders.

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-688-1
Paperback
608 pages / 7 x 10
2006 / $64.95
Stock# 6881

1. Introduction to Treatment of Language Disorders in Children
   Rebecca J. McCauley and Marc E. Fey

Section I: Intervention Targeting Prelinguistic Communication

2. Overview of Section I
   Rebecca J. McCauley and Marc E. Fey
   
   
3. Responsivity Education/Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching
   Steven F. Warren, Shelley L. Bredein-Oja, Martha Fairchild Escalante, Lizbeth H. Finestack, Marc E. Fey, and Nancy C. Brady
   
   
4. It Takes Two to Talk - The Hanen Program for Parents: Early Language Intervention through Caregiver Training
   Luigi Girolametto and Elaine Weitzman
   
   
5. The Picture Exchange Communication System: Nonverbal Communication Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
   Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy and Cathleen Jones
   
   
6. The System for Augmenting Language: AAC and Emerging Language Intervention
   MaryAnn Romski, Rose A. Sevcik, Melissa Cheslock, and Andrea Barton
   
   
7. Language is the Key: Constructive Interactions Around Books and Play
   Kevin N. Cole, Mary E. Maddox, and Young Sook Lim
   
   
8. Focused Stimulation Approach to Language Intervention
   Susan Ellis Weismer and Shari Robertson
   
   
9. Enhanced Milieu Teaching
   Terry B. Hancock and Ann P. Kaiser
   
   
10. Conversational Recast Intervention with Preschool and Older Children
    Stephen M. Camarata and Keith E. Nelson

Section II: Interventions Targeting More Advanced Language and Literacy

11. Overview of Section II
    Rebecca J. McCauley and Marc E. Fey
    
    
12. Phonological Awareness Intervention: A Preventative Framework for Preschool Children with Specific Speech and Language Impairments
    Gail T. Gillon
    
    
13. Balanced Reading Intervention and Assessment in Augmentative Communication
    Karen A. Erickson, David A. Koppenhaver, and James W. Cunningham
    
    
14. Visual Strategies to Facilitate Written Language Development
    Paul R. Hoffman and Janet A. Norris
    
    
15. The Writing Lab Approach for Building Language, Literacy, and Communication Abilities
    Nickola Wolf Nelson and Adelia M. Van Meter

Section III: Interventions Targeting Multiple Levels of Language and/or Nonlanguage Goals

16. Overview of Section III
    Rebecca J. McCauley and Marc E. Fey
    
    
17. Sensory Integration
    Sharon A. Cermak and Tracy W. Mitchell
    
    
18. Fast ForWord Language
    Melissa M. Agocs, Martha S. Burns, Logan E. DeLey, Steve L. Miller, and Barbara M. Cahoun
    
    
19. Functional Communication Training: A Strategy for Ameliorating Challenging Behavior
    James W. Halle, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, and Mary Louise Hemmeter

Afterword
Rebecca J. McCauley and Marc E. Fey

Glossary
Index