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Language and Literacy Disorders Infancy Through Adolescence

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ISBN-10: 0205501788

ISBN-13: 9780205501786

Edition: 2010

Authors: Nickola Nelson

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Organized with a clear framework and student-friendly learning supports, this textbook helps graduate and undergraduate students gain essential knowledge that can inform, and transform, their work with children who need special assistance to acquire language and literacy abilities to meet multiple communication and learning needs. nbsp; Although the book is written primarily for students in speech-language pathology, it draws on the authorrsquo;s experience working in schools and classrooms with general and special education teachers and other interdisciplinary team members and can be used with (or by) members of other disciplines and by practitioners as well as students. The ultimate…    
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Book details

List price: $219.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 4/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English

Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-SLPconducts research and has authored numerous research articles, books, and chapters on contextualized, interdisciplinary approaches to language and literacy assessment and intervention, including two prior editions ofChildhood Language Disorders in Context: Infancy through Adolescence(Allyn & Bacon, 1994, 1998). Nelson is co-author ofThe Writing Lab Approach to Language Instruction and Intervention(Paul H. Brookes, 2004) and the forthcoming Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills.nbsp;

Frontmatter
Dedication page
A Framework for Guiding Evidence
Based Practice Importance of asking good questions
Contextualized assessment and intervention
World Health Organization definitions
Speech, Language/Literacy, and Communication
Speech, language (including literacy), and communication
Five language parameters
Content, form, and use
Language levels and modalities
Cultural-linguistic variation
Language/Literacy and Related Systems
Theoretical accounts
System theory