Communication-Disorders Books

Every child, regardless of the degree of their developmental disabilities, is entitled by federal law to the best education they can benefit from. This holds especially true with respect to their ability to communicate with others. The impressively collaborative work of Joanne E. Roberts, Robin S. Chapman, and Steven F. Warren in compiling contributions from twenty leading experts and specialists in this field, "Speech & Language Development & Intervention In Down Syndrome & Fragile X Syndrome" is the newest addition to the 'Communication and Language Intervention' series from the Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company. Presenting an advanced body of work for aspiring and practicing professionals, "Speech & Language Development & Intervention In Down Syndrome & Fragile X Syndrome" presents cutting edge research and clinical insights into the behaviors, characteristics and genetics associated with these two genetically-based conditions; explains how speech and language develop across the life span of human beings; identifies for application the principles of effective assessment with members of every age group; demonstrate specific interventions that support speech and language development; show how to tailor assessment and intervention to individual needs and abilities; illustrate the application of assessment and intervention techniques that can be utilized with other disabilities such as autism; and underscores the necessity and value of family involvement in education and treatment approaches. "Speech & Language Development & Intervention In Down Syndrome & Fragile X Syndrome" is an essential and invaluable contribution to professional and academic library Speech-Language Pathology and Developmental Disabilities reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

This book was exactly what I needed and the shipper was good to work with.

This book was a Godsend! The information enabled me to understand how the brain is affected by a stroke. The at-home activities were extremely useful.

From Foreword:

"There can be no doubt that childhood stuttering presents a clinical equation containing multiple and formidable factors for professionals who provide services for children. The equation involves a child with an emerging developmental concern regarding dysfluency often combined with parental worry magnified by fear of the future and complicated by professionals who are uncertain of how to approach the child or the parent(s). This book offers significant assistance to families and professionals as they assist the child in solving the equation.

Resolving a clinical problem requires a solid understanding of its etiology, common manifestations and potential complications. The fact that the etiology of the majority of dysfluencies is developmental, self-limited, and seldom results in adult stuttering is most often overlooked as the parent focuses on the dreaded label of 'stutterer' and magnifies a relatively simple concern into a lifelong problem for the child. Dr. Perkins presents a solid understanding of stuttering's etiology and its common clinical manifestations, but most importantly, he offers advice for the child and parent based on preventing dysfluencies from escalating into stuttering. This approach is itself developmental, and expressed in a manner that can be implemented by parents at any stage of the evolving problem. We are in need of similar approaches to other developmental concerns of childhood."

Dr. Lue's book, A Survey of Communications Disorders for the Classroom Teacher was an excellent book and resource. I used it for my master's level class, Teaching Written and Spoken Language and it was very useful. In addition, to helping me to better understand language acquisition, I also learned alot about language disorders. Further, the book goes into sufficient detail that it does not presume a certain level of background knowledge needed to successfully use the book. I have added this book to my personal library and would highly recommend it, especially to Special Educators, but a great resource for all educators.

My son has Angelman Syndrome with communication difficulties. We are always trying to find better ways for him to express himself. This book really summed issues we have and provided some great insight. There were so many great details, suggestions, and ideas that I had to have this book!!

This was the first book I ever purchased in SLP. My prof instructed us to buy for building our professional library. At the time, I thought THANKS A LOT. I thought I had just wasted money on a book I didn't need for the class. Since that time, I have used this book for countless term papers, clinical reports, cross referencing more difficult texts, and looking up spellings regularly. My addition has several developmental charts and testing indexes. My only complaint is that the more medicaly based terminology is missing(ie: the anatomical structures are realy just the greatest hits of the larynx and brain, and I am a bit lost when it comes to none SLP or AUD measures at the hospital rotations). I hope this has been improved for the new edition, but at the same time would hate it to become to cumbersome to use. I am nearing the end of my Masters' and coming up on the Praxis exam. I intend to use this as a way to study across several topics in the field. All in all a GREAT REFERENCE!

According to the author, social cognitive learning disability is the most abstract of all learning disabilities, making it difficult for professionals to assess through standardized measures. Students with social cognitive deficits may be diagnosed with disorders ranging from Asperger Syndrome (AS) to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this guide, the author focuses on the student's ability to understand the perspective of others, which is critical for establishing successful interpersonal relationships. This handbook contains numerous therapeutic activities to help students understand and develop perspective-taking skills, and it also describes the impact of language and behavior on social thinking. The book offers strategies to help students and teachers understand the Individualized Education Program (IEP), and it also provides sample IEP goals and benchmarks. Please visit our website to obtain this guide at the same list price. (We also offer related books on this topic.) Our books ship immediately.

The work of Naomi Feil has been around for 30 years. This book, based on Naomi Feil's work gives family caregivers tools to validate their disoriented loved one, and bring peace to them. An added benefit for us as caregivers, is that it gives us peace, and helps us to accept our family member as they are now, and begin to listen to the wisdom they can continue to share with us.

Alzheimer's support groups can use this to learn the methods together, and in turn, validate and support one another.

This book was developed from a series of technical documents written by many well respected technical scientists associated with BTexact Technologies (England). The book is easily readable by anyone interested in gaining a good technical understanding of Voice over IP. The editor, Richard Swale, has been the key individual researching VOIP for BTexact over many years.

I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in VOIP!