Language Development and Language Impairment: A Problem-Based Introduction

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Language Development and Language Impairment

by Paul Fletcher (Author), Ciara O’Toole (Author)

Language Development and Language Impairment offers a problem-based introduction to the assessment and treatment of a wide variety of childhood language developmental disorders. * Focuses for the most part on the pre-school years, the period during which the foundations for language development are laid * Uses a problem-based approach, designed to motivate students to find the information they need to identify and explore learning issues that a particular speech or language issue raises * Examines the development of a child s phonological system, the growth of vocabulary, the development of grammar, and issues related to conversational and narrative competence * Integrates information on typical and atypical language development

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