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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Are Language and Emotional Development Linked? | |
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| What are language and communication skills? | |
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| Language development | |
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| Emotional development | |
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| Links between language and emotional development | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Links Between Communication Difficulties and Emotional and Behavioural Problems | |
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| Are there links between communication difficulties and emotional and behavioural problems? | |
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| Do communication problems cause emotional and behavioural difficulties? | |
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| Do emotional and behavioural problems cause communication difficulties? | |
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| Common causes of behavioural and communication problems | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Undetected Communication Problems, Their Impact and Why They are Undetected | |
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| How many children have communication difficulties? | |
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| Unsuspected communication problems in children with emotional and behavioural difficulties | |
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| The significance of undetected communication problems | |
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| Why are communication difficulties undetected? | |
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| Conclusion and implications | |
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| Unidentified and Unmet Communication Needs in Young People in 'Public Care' | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Children and young people in 'public care' | |
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| The unmet health needs of children in public care | |
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| The educational needs of children in public care: low achievement and special educational needs | |
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| Collecting data | |
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| Training | |
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| The communication needs of looked-after children | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Identification and Assessment of Communication Difficulties | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What are communication problems and how are they identified? | |
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| Which language skills should be assessed? | |
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| A holistic approach | |
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| Assessing the communication skills of young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties | |
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| Standardised assessment | |
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| Informal assessments | |
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| Identification of communication difficulties by non-speech and language therapists | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| What Can be Done to Help Young People with Communication and Emotional and Behavioural Problems? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Broad strategies | |
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| Skills to encourage in young people with communication and emotional and behavioural difficulties | |
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| Specific interventions | |
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| Research and evaluation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Indicators List for Identifying Communication Problems | |
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| Useful Organisations | |
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| References | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Author Index | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| The relevance of `form' in communication | |
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| The relevance of `content' in communication | |
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| The relevance of `use' in communication | |