Product Description
The new edition of this popular text provides essential guidance for properly assessing childhood language disorders and providing appropriate treatment. Coverage includes the entire developmental period through adolescence, as well as additional concepts related to child language disorders such as prevention, syndromes associated with language disorders, and multicultural practice. Using a descriptive-developmental approach (also known as communication-language approach), this resource presents basic concepts and vocabulary used in the field, an overview of key issues and controversies, an understanding of the scope of communicative difficulties that make up child language disorders, and information on how language pathologists approach the assessment and intervention processes.Provides detailed information on how to implement assessment and intervention procedures in clinical practice.Features such as case studies, clinical vignettes, and suggested projects help readers apply key information to real-life situations.A straightforward writing style makes this book easy to read and understand.More than 250 tables and boxes summarize important information such as dialogue examples, sample assessment plans, assessment and intervention principles, activities, and sample transcripts.Practice exercises with sample transcripts allow readers to practice different methods of analysis.Helpful study guides at the end of each chapter help readers review and apply what they have learned.Communication development milestones are printed on the inside front cover for quick access.Completely updated content includes new research, new techniques, current trends, and new information sources.Features an increased emphasis on evidence-based practice.Chapter objectives have been added to each chapter.Includes additional case studies and vignettes that illustrate practical applications of key concepts.A companion CD-ROM bound in the text offers video clips and suggested projects for each chapter.A detailed list of tables, boxes, and illustrations - with corresponding page numbers - is located at the front of the book for quick reference.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 9 reviews)

a complete guide for language disorders! by Amy E. Armstrong

5 Stars
February 22, 2009
This book is awesome! My supervisor calls it the 'Bible' of language disorders. The book offers assessment and intervention information for each stage of language. They include developmental norms and such - awesome!!!

New SLP Grad Student Will Save This Text Book! by Megan Modney (Northeastern, Ohio)

4 Stars
January 14, 2008
The course that I will be taking this semester is language development and disorder from birth through adolescence and this book is a required text. I have already read through the book just to make sure I can keep up with the pace of the class. I am really impressed with the organization and readability. There are wonderful charts and visuals that really helped to solidify concepts. IEP sample pages are just general so be sure to look at what your state offers. There are great sample forms for you to tweak and use and the tables a color coded. So much less highlighting. I will definitely be using this book often well beyond the parameters of this course!

textbook by Van Riper

5 Stars
December 22, 2007
This textbook is great! Although I am not taking the class, I am enjoying the book. I am already in the field and the class size was limited, so they gave me the name of textbood they will be using an I purchased the book. I can see myself and colleages buying additional books in our field in the future. Thank you.

Bravo by SLP in training (Coastal Connecticut)

5 Stars
November 25, 2007
This has to be one of the top 5 books in the field. Dr. Paul is the most devoted of scholars, and you can tell this from the careful way in which the text is composed. Her editorial style is highly readable, and her vast knowledge and wisdom do not come across in the horrible erudite manner that so many texts do. This is a wonderful treasure for every single SLP's library.

A great reference for undergraduate, post-graduates and practitioner for speech-language pathology by Elle Kay (Hong Kong, China)

5 Stars
May 09, 2007
The revised version proven to be another paramount work by Professor Rhea Paul. It contains more updated contents written in a search-easy format. The updated knowledge captures the latest development in speech-language pathology for children. The author inspires the readers to be up-front with newest evidence-based practice.

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