Clinical Decision Making in Developmental Language Disorders

With this indispensable resource, speech-language pathologists will be ready to work effectively with children and adolescents who have developmental language disorders. Highly respected editors Alan G. Kamhi, Julie J. Masterson, and Kenn Apel have developed a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind text that: Teaches assessment and intervention. The book's first section shows SLPs how to assess spoken and written communication skills and select targets for intervention, and the second section is an extensive guide to interventions for specific areas of language and literacy development. Covers the widest range of topics. Current and future practitioners will get clear, explicit guidance on all the practical issues they'll face on a daily basis (see sidebar). Addresses a broad age span. Readers will discover how to manage the specific issues they'll encounter when assessing and intervening with infants, toddlers, preschool children, school-age children, adolescents, and adults. Incorporates both scientific evidence and clinical insight. More than two dozen expert contributors lay out the latest research and add their own wisdom from years of practice-showing readers how to use sound clinical judgment to fill the gaps in available evidence.