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Instructor Supplement

  
Discourse Impairments: Assessment and Intervention Applications 1/e
Lynn S. Bliss
Published October 2001 by Allyn & Bacon
Copyright 2002, 192 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-205-33407-5
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$44.40
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Summary

This book provides speech-language pathology students (undergraduate and graduate) with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of childhood language disorders to assessment and intervention by analyzing language samples. KEY TOPICS: The unique feature of this book is the inclusion of over 20 language samples that readers analyze in order to gain an understanding of the symptoms and clinical applications of childhood language disorders. Each chapter contains: an introduction to the section that describes a disorder or clinical issue, assessment and intervention guidelines for each issue, a language sample, and questions about each language samples. The following sections are included: identification of critical features of language behavior, symptomatology of language disorders, cultural and linguistic diversity, issues in the assessment of language impairments and intervention strategies. MARKET: For speech-language pathology students and communication disorders students at the undergraduate or graduate level

Features

  • Language Samples are presented for every topic and illustrate key issues in the symptom, assessment, or intervention of childhood language disorders.
  • Questions are provided for each of the language samples and help the student discover the salient aspects of the language samples and the issue presented.
  • Questions related to assessment and intervention for each sample enhance the students clinical preparation.
  • Introduction sections at the beginning of each chapter cover the symptomatology of childhood language disorders as well as assessment and intervention issues.
Table of Contents



Preface.


 1. Introduction.

Part One: Identification of Critical Features of Language Behavior.

 2. Early Conversational Functioning.

 3. Semantic Relations.

 4. Verb and Noun Phrase Expansion.

 5. Complex Sentences.

 6. Discourse Coherence.

Part Two: Symptomatology of Childhood Language Disorders.

 7. Specific Language Impairment.

 8. Language Learning Disorders in Adolescence.

 9. Mental Retardation.

10. Autism.

11. Hearing Impairment.

12. Traumatic Brain Injury.

Part Three: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity.

13. Dialect: African American English.

14. Bilingualism: Spanish-Influenced English.

Part Four: Assessment.

15. Comparison of Home and Clinic Samples.

16. Discourse Variability.

17. Test/Task Performance Versus Language Sampling.

18. Assessment of Conversational Discourse.

Part Five: Intervention.

19. Modals.

20. Adjectives.

21. Topic Maintenance.

22. Informativeness.

Part Six: Selected Answers.

References.



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