Language Development and Language Impairment: A, Fletcher, O'Toole Hardcover^+

Language Development and Language ImpairmentA Problem-Based Introduction\nAuthor(s): Paul Fletcher, Ciara O'Toole\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780470656433, 978-0470656433\nSynopsis\nLanguage Development and Language Impairment offers a problem-based introduction to the assessment and treatment of a wide variety of childhood language developmental disorders.\n\nFocuses for the most part on the pre-school years, the period during which the foundations for language development are laid\nUses 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\nExamines the development of a childs phonological system, the growth of vocabulary, the development of grammar, and issues related to conversational and narrative competence\nIntegrates information on typical and atypical language development