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Language and Communication Disorders in Children, 5/E
Deena K. Bernstein, City University of New York
Ellenmorris Tiegerman-Farber, Adelphi University

ISBN-10: 0205336353
ISBN-13: 9780205336357

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2002
Format: Cloth; 608 pp
Published: 10/26/2001

This item has been replaced by Language and Communication Disorders in Children, 6/E .

The fifth edition of Language and Communication Disorders in Children is a major revision that focuses on the area of language to explain different kinds of developmental disabilities in children.

This fifth edition is a substantially revised introduction to the dynamic areas of speech-language pathology and special education. It focuses on the ways children learn language and the ways to help children who struggle with it. The authors present the material with the knowledge that the study of children's language and communication disorders will challenge students to apply theories of child development, speech and hearing science, and language development and disorders for the rewarding experience of providing language intervention to communicatively disordered children.

  • Comprehensive yet highly readable text, containing both theory and practical applications.
  • Covers birth through school aged children including new information on available tests, and discusses developmental disabilities from a language-learning perspective.
  • Pedagogy includes chapter introductions, learning objectives, case studies, study questions, and chapter summaries.
  • Case studies at the end of each chapter offer the student clinical applications.
  • New chapters added on: Language Development, Interactive Teaming, Assessing Children with Language Learning Disabilities, and Language Intervention in School Settings (Chs. 2, 3, 5, 7).
  • Updated formal and informal methods of assessment for infants and toddlers.
  • New Best Practices in early language intervention with an emphasis on collaborative approach.
  • New discussion of the relationship between spoken and written language.
  • Updated norm referenced assessment tools, curriculum-based assessment and intervention, and dynamic assessment included throughout.
  • Legislative influence on delivery of services to infant, toddler, preschool, and school-aged populations.
  • Increased emphasis on the discussion of a variety of service delivery models.

PART I.

 1. The Nature of Language and Its Disorders, Deena K. Bernstein.

 2. Language Development: A Review, Deena K. Bernstein, Sandra Levey.

PART II.

 3. Interactive Teaming: The Changing Role of the Speech/Language Pathologist, Ellenmorris Tiegerman-Farber.

 4. Early Communication Assessment and Intervention: A Dynamic Process, Nancy B. Robinson, Michael P. Robb.

 5. Assessing Children with Language Learning Disabilities, Elaine R. Silliman, Sylvia F. Diehl.

 6. Planning Language Intervention for Young Children, Amy L. Weiss.

 7. Language Intervention in School Settings, Nickola Wolf Nelson.

 8. Language Development and Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children, Dolores E. Battle.

PART III.

 9. Understanding Learning Disabilities, Pearl L. Seidenberg.

10. Mental Retardation: Difference and Delay, Robert E. Owens, Jr.

11. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Learning to Communicate, Ellenmorris Tiegerman-Farber.

12. Considerations and Implications for Habilitation of Hearing-Impaired Children, Christine Radziewicz, Susan Antonellis.

    The sixth edition of Language and Communication Disorders in Children is a major revision that focuses on the area of language to explain different kinds of developmental disabilities in children.

     

    This best-selling introduction to language disorders focuses on the area of language to explain different kinds of developmental disabilities in children from birth through school-age. The sixth edition has been substantially revised to bring about the most current information in the dynamic areas of speech-language pathology and special education, keenly focused on the ways in which children learn language and how to help those who struggle with it. Throughout the text, the authors challenge their readers to apply theories of child development, speech and hearing science, and language development and disorders to their study of children’s language and communication disorders. A comprehensive yet highly readable text, containing theory and practical applications, Language and Communication Disorders in Children, Sixth Edition, offers its audience a rewarding experience in learning how to provide language intervention to children who have communication disorders. 

  • 0205584616Language and Communication Disorders in Children, 6/E
    Bernstein & Tiegerman-Farber
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    ISBN-10: 0205584616 | ISBN-13: 9780205584611
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