Literacy teaching tends to take a structural approach to language, focusing on auditory products or skills such as sounds, morphemes, words, sentences, and vocabulary. However, new research suggests that the majority of English speakers actually think and learn in visual concept…
Children need effective communication skills as a foundation for successful participation in activities at home, school and in the community. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders are often unable to learn social skills from environmental cues and require direct teaching and l…
Children, particularly those on the autism spectrum, are able to acquire communication skills much more easily when their learning incorporates movement. Even very simple actions such as tapping and hand clapping can have a noticeable impact on their speech and language developm…
Children, particularly those on the autism spectrum, are able to acquire communication skills much more easily when their learning incorporates movement. Even very simple actions such as tapping and hand clapping can have a noticeable impact on their speech and language developm…
This essential guide to tic disorders and Tourette Syndrome tackles problems faced both at home and at school, such as adjusting to the diagnosis, the effect on siblings and classroom difficulties. Dr Chowdhury offers advice on how to manage symptoms, describing psychological te…
by Jones, Kate, Cline, Tony, Gross, Jean, Jemmett, Miriam, Lanes, Denise, Bramble, David, Firth, Charlotte, Sage, Rosemary, Sutton, Carl, Kakuta, Keiko, Katz-Bernstein, Nitza, Roe, Victoria, Whittington, Lindsay, Sharma, Jyoti, Gibson, Geoffrey, Kay, Jane, Cleator, Hilary M, Wintgens, Alison, Packer, Jenny, Susan, Johnston, Johnson, Maggie
In this definitive guide to selective mutism the latest research and understanding are consolidated in chapters from experts in the fields of speech therapy, psychology, music therapy and education and communication. It includes helpful information on the various treatment and t…
Bringing together the latest research and understanding on selective mutism, this edited book gives essential information on the various treatment and therapy options. Experts in the fields of speech and language therapy, psychology, music therapy education and communication off…
Describes a way of understanding and communicating with children who are not speaking, but rather using their bodies and somatic symptoms to express states of mind. This book is particularly important for mental health professionals, teachers and parents who are encountering 'a …
This book reviews the interface between the traits of civilization and voice. It addresses concepts such as where the human voice stands in society and what the impact of civilization is on voice as a means of communication across diverse cultures, social hierarchies, and religi…
This book explores the relationship between language difference and disorder, with particular consideration of multidialectal L1 speakers learning English as an L2. It provides the reader with ready-to-use data on child L2 acquisition at the syntax-semantics interface, and offer…
This well-illustrated book provides step-by-step guidance on the various techniques - microlaryngoscopic, fiberoptic endoscopic, and transcutaneous - that can be employed for the purpose of injection laryngoplasty, a surgical procedure in which a foreign material is injected int…
An important development in linguistic models is the shift from construction-oriented rules to elementary computations that generate complex grammatical expressions. In this monograph we presents a systematic linguistic examination of an Italian aphasic speaker focusing on local…
Children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) do not often respond well to conventional teaching methods and this can result in social isolation, behavioral problems, limitations in communication, and slow academic growth. Alternative-augmentative communication (AAC) is…
"Young people with communication difficulties often struggle in social situations, as without adequate inference, narrative and sequencing skills, correctly interpreting and responding to other people can be a real challenge. This fully photocopiable resource has been designed t…
Das Buch betrachtet die Entwicklungsbereiche Semantik / Lexikon, Syntax/ Morphologie, Pragmatik/Kommunikation und Stimme bei Kindern mit Hörschädigung. Es gibt einen Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand zum Wortschatz- und Grammatikerwerb, den kommunikativ-pragmatische F…
Few books have been published before with details on preoperative planning, markings and performance of primary surgical techniques to correct the cleft lip and palate deformity. This information is commonly required by surgeons. Scientific papers, conferences, and video clips o…
While voice is widely used in speech recognition and speaker identification, its application in biomedical fields is much less common. This book systematically introduces the authors research on voice analysis for biomedical applications, particularly pathological voice analysis…
