Speech and Language Impairments in Children: Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome
, by Bishop,Dorothy V.MNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780863775680 | 0863775683
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/22/2000
Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the commonest reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of a paediatrician. Accessible to non-academicsSpeech and Language Impairmentsprovides an overview of recent research developments in specific speech and language impairments, written by experts in the field. Topics include normal and disordered development of problems , crosslinguistic studies, pragmatic language impairments, early identification, educational and psychiatric outcomes, acquired epileptic aphasia and experimental studies of remediation. The book concludes with a chapter by Michael Rutter that gives guidelines for conducting and evaluating research in this field.