Language Disorders from Infancy through Adolescence - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

• NEW! Common core standards for language arts incorporated into the preschool and school-age chapters.
• NEW! Updated content features the latest research, theories, trends and techniques in the field.
• Information on preparing high-functioning students with autism for college
• Social skills training for students with autism
• The role of the speech-language pathologist on school literacy teams and in response to intervention
• Emerging theories of etiology and psychopathology added to Models of Child Language Disorders chapter
• Use of emerging technologies for assessment and intervention
• Clinical application focus featuring case studies, clinical vignettes, and suggested projects helps students apply concepts to professional practice.
• UNIQUE! Practice exercises with sample transcripts allow students to apply different methods of analysis.
• UNIQUE! Helpful study guides at the end of each chapter help students review and apply what they have learned.
• Notes from the editor to instructors includes examples on how to adapt and use the text in various levels of courses and in practice.
• Highly regarded lead author who is an expert in language disorders in children provides authoritative guidance on the diagnosis and management of pediatric language disorders.
• More than 230 tables and boxes summarize important information such as dialogue examples, sample assessment plans, assessment and intervention principles, activities, and sample transcripts.
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• NEW! Common core standards for language arts incorporated into the preschool and school-age chapters.
• NEW! Updated content features the latest research, theories, trends and techniques in the field.
• Information on preparing high-functioning students with autism for college
• Social skills training for students with autism
• The role of the speech-language pathologist on school literacy teams and in response to intervention
• Emerging theories of etiology and psychopathology added to Models of Child Language Disorders chapter
• Use of emerging technologies for assessment and intervention

Section I: Topics in Child Language Disorders
1. Models of Child Language Disorders
2. Assessment
3. Principles of Intervention
4. Special Considerations for Special Populations
5. Developmental Language Disorders in a Pluralistic Society

Section II. From Birth to Brown’s Stage V
6. Assessment and Intervention in the Prelinguistic Period
7. Assessment and Intervention for Emerging Language
8. Assessment of Developing Language
9. Intervention for Developing Language

Section III. Working with Language Learning Disabilities
10. Language, Reading, and Learning in School: What the Speech-Language Pathologist Needs to Know
11. Assessing Students’ Language for Learning
12. Intervening at the Language-for-Learning Period
13. Assessing Advanced Language
14. Intervention for Advanced Language

References
Name Index
Subject Index