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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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What You Should Know and How to Get Help | |
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Speech, Language, and Listening: How They Develop | |
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What Is Speech? | |
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What Is Language? | |
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What Is Listening? | |
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How Do Children Learn to Communicate? | |
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Speech, Language, and Listening Milestones | |
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Does Your Child Need Help? The Warning Signs | |
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When to Get Help | |
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Warning Signs to Look For | |
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Having Your Child Evaluated | |
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Who to See | |
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Where to Go | |
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The Evaluation | |
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Special Considerations: Testing Infants and Preschoolers | |
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After the Evaluation: Understanding Report Jargon and the IEP | |
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The Numbers Used to Measure Performance | |
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What Happens after the Evaluation? | |
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Options for Speech and Language Therapy | |
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Speech, Language, and Listening Problems | |
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Understanding Speech Problems | |
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Stuttering | |
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Common Pronunciation Problems | |
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Common Voice Problems | |
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Understanding Language Problems | |
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Infants, Toddlers, and preschoolers with Delayed Speech or Language | |
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When Learning New Words Comes Slowly: Vocabulary Problems | |
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The "Him Not Talkin' Right" Child: Morophological and Syntax Problems | |
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The "Whatchamacallit, um, Thing Over There" Child: A Word Retrieval Problem | |
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The "I Don't Know How to Explain It" Child: Sequencing, Referential, and Divergent Language Problems | |
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Understanding Listening Problems | |
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The "What? Did You Say Something?" Child: A Central Auditory Processing Problem | |
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The "I Forgot What You Said" Child: An Auditory Memory Problem | |
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The "I Don't Understand What I'm Supposed to Do" Child: A Language Processing Problem | |
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Causes and Conditions | |
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Common Causes of Speech, Language, and Listening Problems | |
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Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairment, and Other Special Conditions | |
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Resources | |
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Suggested Reading | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |