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Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know

by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi

Does your child have trouble speaking or listening? This fully revised and updated edition of the essential guide explains what you can do to help Have you noticed that your child has difficulty getting the right words out, following directions, or being understood? If so, speech-language pathologist Patricia Hamaguchi – who has been helping children overcome problems like these for more than twenty years– has now revised and updated her highly effective guide to help you determine what’ s best for your child. Find out all you need to know about: Autism/PDD, central auditory processing disorders, dyspraxia, bilingual language development, adoption issues, thumb-sucking, and more How to recognize the most common speech, language, and listening problems When to get help for your child and when to wait Where to find the right specialist and what to ask How to read and understand the jargon-filled evaluation report The very latest changes in philosophy, treatment approach, labeling, laws, programs, and resources How the problem may affect your child academically, socially, and at home Tips for helping your child at home

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The Parents Guide to Speech and Language Problems

by Debbie Feit

Your definitive guide for helping your speech-impaired child--cowritten by two in-the-trenches experts. When a child has communication problems-- diagnosed or not--parents are first looking for a place to go for help. "The Parent's Guide to Speech and Language Problems" is a one-stop resource, offering not just the most up-to-date medical information but also advice and encouragement from a mom who's been there. Author Debbie Feit has two children with speech problems and knows what it takes to survive and thrive day-to-day as a family. No other book on the market can match this one for its combination of clinical research and real-world, hands-on parenting solutions.

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Does My Child Have a Speech Problem?

by Katherine L. Martin

All children go through periods of saying "ting" for "thing" or "feets" for "feet," and no two children learn to speak on exactly the same schedule. This informative, reassuring guide helps parents and teachers identify normal speech development and potential problems, with advice on when and where to seek help, how to support your child's prescribed speech program, and how to lessen the risk of speech or language difficulties. Easy-to-understand question-and-answer format; guidelines for assessing your child's speech and language development; practical strategies for coping with stuttering, poor listening or memory skills, vocal fatigue or hoarseness, ear infections and hearing and much more; and ways to enhance speech and language development that both you and your child will enjoy.

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Communication Counts: Speech and Language Difficulties in the Early Years

by Fleur Griffiths

Professionals in early years settings can use this book to focus on ways in which they can work collaboratively with colleagues, in order to help children with communication difficulties to understand and express themselves more fully. It brings together the most useful examples of good practice and draws on the work of reflective practitioners. There are many illustrative case studies provided and it discusses how to observe children's daily interactions, ways in which such observations can be used to improve communication skills; how play can be an important part of improvement; behavior management and support; and literacy development.
The practical applications are highlighted throughout the book and the advice given comes directly from those working in early years settings. It should be of great interest to all nursery teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists and parents wishing to play an active part in their children's development of language and communication skills.

Time to Talk: Parent's Accounts of Children's Speech Difficulties

Time to Talk is about the experience of having a child with early difficulties in learning to talk. It is based on the accounts of the parents of twenty children who took part in a research project evaluating the effectiveness of community-based speech and language therapy for pre-school children.
The book aims to provide information for parents and professionals working with young children about the difficulties that may arise in their speech and language development. It also explores how referral to speech and language therapy may be undertaken and describes what attendance at speech and language therapy may entail. While the focus throughout the book is on the parents' responses to their children's difficulties and the therapy process they underwent, the parents' accounts are supplemented with information from other research carried out in the field of early speech and language delays.

Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders: A Guide for the Teacher (3rd Edition)

by Barbara J. Hall, Herbert J. Oyer, and William H. Haas

This book provides pre- and in-service teachers with information on the ability of schools to include and treat students with speech, language, and hearing problems, and on the role the teacher should play in this process. The newest edition of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders provides information regarding speech, language, and hearing disorders that is essential knowledge for both future and in-service teachers. This book provides answers to the questions classroom teachers ask most often, presented as practical information for meeting the special educational and emotional needs of children with speech, language, or hearing problems while promoting the speech and language development of all children in the classroom. Various disabilities are explained, as are some of their assessments, treatments, and practical information for the classroom teacher. Disorders such as articulation and phonological disorders, language disabilities, stuttering, voice disorders, and hearing loss are presented. Special conditions such as head injuries, autism, and Down Syndrome which have speech, language, and hearing concerns are also discussed. This book covers not only the disorders, but also the federal laws that support the rehabilitative work done for these children. For speech pathology, special education, or communication disorder educators.

Supporting Children with Speech and Language Difficulties (Paperback)

by Learning Service

Off-the-shelf support containing all the vital information practitioners need to know about Speech and Language Difficulties, this book includes:
• Strategies for developing attention control
• Guidance on how to improve language and listening skills
• Ideas for teaching phonological awareness

Speech and Language Impairments in Children: Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome

by Dorothy Bishop

Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the commonest reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of a paediatrician.
Accessible to non-academics Speech and Language Impairments provides an overview of recent research developments in specific speech and language impairments, written by experts in the field. Topics include normal and disordered development of problems , crosslinguistic studies, pragmatic language impairments, early identification, educational and psychiatric outcomes, acquired epileptic aphasia and experimental studies of remediation. The book concludes with a chapter by Michael Rutter that gives guidelines for conducting and evaluating research in this field.

Speech Disorders Resource Guide for Preschool Children

Speech Disorders Resource Guide for Preschool Children is a clinical resource tool designed for speech language pathologists and students who work with the preschool population. This comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, text provides detailed information about assessment, analysis and intervention methods pertaining to childhood speech disorders.

Children's Speech Sound Disorders

"Caroline Bowen's Children's Speech Sound Disorders" will be welcomed by experienced and novice clinicians, clinical educators, and students in the field of speech-language pathology/speech and language therapy for its practical, clinical focus. Drawing on the evidence base where possible, and making important theory to practice links overt, Bowen enhances her comprehensive account of assessment and clinical management of children with protracted or problematic speech development, with the addition of forty nine expert essays. These unique contributions are authored by fifty one internationally respected academicians, clinicians, researchers and thinkers representing a range of work settings, expertise, paradigms and theoretical orientations. In response to frequently asked questions about their work they address key theoretical, assessment, intervention, and service delivery issues. Bowen's undisputed enthusiasm for her topic, concern for client care, emphasis on the role and participation of families in intervention, and four decades of dealing with the realities of hands-on clinical practice permeate the work, affirming what speech and language clinicians do, on a day-to-day basis, with children with mild, moderate, severe and persistent difficulties with speech acquisition.

Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties: A Psycholinguistic Framework

by Joy Stackhouse and Bill Wells

Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties: Identification and Intervention: Book II

by Joy Stackhouse and Bill Wells

Persisting Speech Difficulties in Children: Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties (Childerens Speech and Literacy Difficulties)

by Michelle Pascoe, Joy Stackhouse, and Bill Wells

Children with persisting speech difficulties present great challenges for managers, therapists, teachers and psychologists. This third book in the Children’s Speech and Literacy Difficulties series is based on research and practice with school-age children with persisting speech and associated difficulties. It focuses on the psycholinguistic nature of their difficulties, how to design intervention programmes and how intervention outcomes might be measured.

In order to effectively treat school-age children with longstanding speech difficulties practitioners need to draw on a variety of approaches, e.g. combining a psycholinguistic approach with a linguistic (or more specifically, phonological) approach. Theory and therapy are inseparable and our knowledge of theory needs to be used to drive therapy. In turn, therapy outcomes can inform our theoretical knowledge. In order to build evidence-based programmes, we need to evaluate therapy outcomes using wide-ranging outcomes measures that can evaluate change at a variety of levels. Case studies are a useful way forward in learning more about children with speech difficulties and how to support them.

Persisting Speech Difficulties in Children:

• serves as a practical handbook, containing useful word lists, tips and sheets for photocopying.
• provides a means of accessing a wide range of literature. Each chapter summarises recent research findings and closes with a bulleted summary of main points.
• gives an explanation of the psycholinguistic approach and how to implement it, and integrate it with other approaches.
• trains readers in research design for evidence-based practice. This includes stimuli design and selection, intervention design and scoring procedures.
• shares case studies, outlining what was done with specific children. These cases do not necessarily say how intervention should be done but rather aim to give examples of how therapy can be done and used to make comparisons with other approaches.
• motivates changes to service delivery for children with persisting speech difficulties.

Compendium of Auditory and Speech Tasks: Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties 4 with CD-ROM (Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties)

by Joy Stackhouse, Maggie Vance, Michelle Pascoe, and Bill Wells

Phonological Awareness Fun

by Angie Kutzer

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Sounds in Action: Phonological Awareness Activities & Assessment

by Yvette Zgonc

At least 20% of today's children begin school lacking the phonological awareness skills they need to become successful readers. This book provides you with all the tools you need to determine who these children are, pinpoint their deficiencies, and address their various needs.

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Phoneme Factory - Developing Speech and Language Skills

by Gwen Lancaster

This book is part of the Phoneme Factory Project undertaken by Granada Learning in partnership with the Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit (SLTRU) in Bristol. It aims to provide guidance for teachers, SENCos, SLTs and parents regarding:

Criteria for referral to speech and language therapy phonological disorders.

Appropriate intervention approaches that can be used in the classroom and at home.

Complementing the book is a CD containing downloadable resources including a picture library for the classroom and the home, as well as checklists and other time-saving documents.

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Teach Me How to Say It Right: Helping Your Child With Articulation Problems

by Dorothy P. Dougherty

This book teaches the parents of children with articulation problems how speech sounds develop, how to recognize developing speech problems, and how to help children make the most out of speech therapy. It also provides parents with activities to increase their child's language and articulation skills.

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Treating Phonological Disorders in Children

by Janet Howell and Elizabeth Dean

This book provides a practical guide to the use of Metaphon therapy, the principled approach to phonological therapy, which takes full account of theories of learning and the linguistic nature of phonological disorder in children. The authors explore clearly the theoretical back-ground to Metaphon and translate it into clinical practice.
For this second edition the book has been extensively revised and expanded to take account of current research and literature on phonological disorder and linguistic awareness and advances in the development of Metaphon.

Phonological Disorders In Children: Clinical Decision Making In Assessment and Intervention (Communication and Language Intervention Series) (Communication and Language Intervention Series)

by Alan G. Kamhi and Karen E. Pollock

This book addresses practical issues and concerns faced by clinicians in the field and graduate students in speech language pathology. The book is divided into three sections: assessment and classification; goal and target selection; and intervention. In each section, the editors pose several important questions related to clinical practice. Each chapter presents the contributor's response to the questions based on his or her theoretical perspective and clinical experience. Because the contributors represent the major perspectives in the field, the result is a balanced view of the current issues related to phonological disorders.

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum

by Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara R. Foorman, Ingvar Lundberg, and Terri Beeler

Phonemic awareness is the first step in any child's journey to literacy, and more than 25% of all children don't master it by third grade. Specifically targeting phonemic awareness, this program helps young children learn to distinguish the individual sounds that make up words and affect their meanings. With the unique screening method that accommodates up to 15 children at a time, educators can gauge the general skill level of the class and identify children who may need additional testing. And teachers can choose from a range of activities to use with the whole class-from simple listening games to more advanced sound manipulation exercises such as rhyming, alliteration, and segmentation.   It has everything teachers need:

• Teaching objectives

• Lesson plans and sample scripts

• Activity adaptations

• Troubleshooting guidelines

• Suggested kindergarten and first-grade schedules

• An appendix of advanced language games

• Informal, large group screening tests

• Guidelines for interpreting screening test results

• Recommendations for further assessment

Sourcebook Of Phonological Awareness Activities - Volume III

by Candace L. Goldsworthy and Robert A Pieretti (Paperback - Nov 7, 2003)

The primary purpose of phonological awareness training is to anchor students in the sound system of English to help prepare them to map the graphemic system onto a phonological system, a necessary step for successful reading acquisition. ASHA's (2001) guidelines suggest that good literacy instruction should be outcome-oriented, comprehensive, balanced, contextualized, age-appropriate, recursive, direct, explicit, intense, scaffolded, informative, and corrective. The Sourcebook series embodies these elements and is written for use with 3rd to 5th grade students. The third volume in the respected, popular Sourcebook of Phonological Awareness Activities series, this book provides activities for use with popular 3rd to 5th grade books such as Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Henry Huggins, Sarah Plain and Tall, and The Indian in the Cupboard.

Picture Sorting For Phonemic Awareness

by Nancy Jolson Leber

This is a book for parents and early childhood teachers looking for a fun way to help pre-readers learn how to read. The book is easy-to-use. The Table of Contents is very clear. Each skill section follows the same format Recognizing, Assessment, Reproducible Picture Cards. Parents are shown how to assess their child's ability to recognize rhymes and initial and ending sounds and count syllables and phonemes. The black-and-white reproducible drawings are of easily recognizable pictures. As the children color the pictures, parents can encourage their children to say aloud the names of the pictures and listen to the sounds. Parents are given instructions on how to teach their children the relationship between sounds and letters, the crucial first step towards learning how to read. The book also includes picture-sorting games and activities, and a word list.

Phonological Development And Disorders in Children: A Multilingual Perspective (Child Language and Child Development)

by Zhu Hua and Barbara Dodd

This volume brings together a collection of empirical studies on phonological acquisition and disorder of monolingual children speaking different languages (English, German, Putonghua, Cantonese, Maltese, Telugu, Colloquial Egyptian Arabic and Turkish), and bilingual children speaking different language pairs (Spanish-English, Cantonese-English, Mirpuri/Punjabi/Urdu-English, Welsh-English, Arabic-English and Putonghua-Cantonese). The research findings provide much-needed baseline information for clinical assessment and diagnosis, as well as valuable evidence concerning theories of language acquisition, and the role of the ambient language.

Articulatory and Phonological Impairments: A Clinical Focus (3rd Edition)

by Jacqueline Bauman-Waengler

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"I love this book! I definitely plan to continue using this book for my classes." Alice Dyson, Ball State University
"My book is a 'rainbow of color' with all the highlighting and this is what the typical student's book looks like also." Audrey Glick, University of North Dakota
"I appreciate the wealth of information and manner of presentation of this text. I intend to continue to use it in the future." Stephen Calculator, University of New Hampshire

Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers (Paperback)

by Louisa Cook Moats

This thorough and well-written book ties textbook theory to classroom practice, transcribing the process of learning how to read-from speech to print! Working through the excercises will enable you to recognize, understand, and solve problems that children encounter when learning to read and write. Slef-tests are included within the chapters for you to rehearse the language skills presented. complete with case studies, field-tested lesson plans and their adaptations, and extensive appendices of answer keys, Speech to Print is you indespensible course in the art of language.

Working with Children's Phonology

by Gwen Lancaster, Lesley Pope, and Susanna Evershed Martin

100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with Dyspraxia and DCD and DCD

Developmental Dyspraxia: Identification and Intervention : A Manual for Parents and Professionals

by Madeleine Portwood and John O'Neil

Research suggests that between five and ten percent of all children are dyspraxic. There is much debate about the nature of this disorder and many undiagnosed youngsters are denied access to treatment programs. In most areas there is limited access to specialists, and support, when available, is delivered through parents and teachers.
This second edition of Madeleine Portwood's successful manual aims to give parents, teachers and health professionals the confidence to diagnose and assess dyspraxia. Most importantly, it offers them an intervention program that will significantly improve the cognitive functioning of the dyspraxic child or teenager. Updated in light of the author's new and extensive research, the book provides the reader with background information on the neurological basis of the condition; strategies for identification, diagnosis and assessment; proven programs of intervention that can be monitored by anyone closely involved with the child; strategies to improve curricular attainments; remediation activities to develop perceptual and motor skills; programs to develop self-esteem; and information about where to find help.

How to Understand and Support Children with Dyspraxia

by Lois Addy and Rebecca Barnes

An invaluable resource for teachers, teaching assistants and therapists. This practical book offers a wealth of ideas and strategies to support children with dyspraxia, which is difficulty in controlling voluntary movements of the vocal chords, resulting in an inability to control sequences of sounds or gestures. With over twenty years experience, Lois Addy emphasises the importance of understanding dyspraxia in order to provide effective support for children with co-ordination and perceptual difficulties. The book includes: what to look out for to recognise children with dyspraxia; useful checklists for identification; details on the needs and difficulties faced by children with dyspraxia; ideas for support across the curriculum, in particular the areas of; handwriting, numeracy, PE, reading, social skills and communication frequently asked questions about dyspraxia - and the answers! Lois Addy is a paediatric occupational therapist and has over twenty years experience of working with children with dyspraxia. She currently works at York St John College, University of Leeds as a senior lecturer in professional health studies.

Dyspraxia: The Hidden Handicap

This informative and very practical book is intended to help parents and teachers equip children with dyspraxia, or developmental coordination disorder, with the strategies that will enable them to live as normal a life as possible with this hidden handicap. Examining the developmental path of the child through the early years at home, at nursery school, grade school, high school, and into adulthood, it offers special tips on how to encourage children with dyspraxia to improve their social skills and develop a strong self-esteem. Included is information about the causes and symptoms of dyspraxia, characteristics of the condition, diagnostic procedures, and a glossary of terms.

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource Guide (Singular Resourse Guide Series)

by Shelley Velleman

This comprehensive resource guide was created in response to the requests from practicing speech language pathologists and parents of children with apraxia of speech for information on the nature of this complicated disorder and advice on assessment and treatment methods. Fundamental aspects of the disorder are discussed in depth and different viewpoints regarding apraxia are compared, eliminating the need to track down multiple sources. Detailed practical assessment and treatment guidelines provide speech language pathologists with a framework of how to help children with apraxia and the motivation behind each treatment. Case studies bring material into a real world context.

Caged In Chaos: A Dyspraxic Guide To Breaking Free

by Victoria Biggs, Jamie Hill, and Sharon Tsang

Written by a teenage dyspraxic, this inspiring book is a positive and practical guide for those struggling to come to grips with dyspraxia or developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

Helping Children With Dyspraxia

by Maureen Boon

Helping Children with Dyspraxia provides clear and positive answers to the questions commonly asked by parents and teachers about behavior, causes, identification and assessment associated with dyspraxia and discusses the range of possible therapeutic interventions. Maureen Boon shows how a therapeutic approach can benefit this group and how parents and teachers can actively participate in the child's therapy.

Dyspraxia: A Guide for Teachers and Parents (Resource Materials for Teachers)

by Kate Ripley

This book promotes an understanding of dyspraxia and movement development among professionals who work with children, and also to offer a text which is accessible to parents.

Helping Your Child With Selective Mutism: Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking

by Ph.D. Angela E. McHolm, Ph.D. Charles E. Cunningham, and Melanie K. Vanier

Often described as "social phobia's cousin" and misdiagnosed as autism, selective mutism is a debilitating fear of speaking in some situations experienced by some children. This book is the first to address this disorder, offering a broad overview of the condition as well as diagnostic criteria.

The Selective Mutism Resource Manual

by Maggie Johnson, Alison Wintjens, and Alison Wintgens

Information and resources for working with individuals with Selective Mutism

Selective Mutism in Children

There have been important developments in the study and treatment of selective mutism during the ten years since the first edition of this book was published. Understanding of the subject has improved more dramatically than in any period since the phenomenon of children who talk readily in some situations but not in others was first recognised over a century ago.
The second edition of this practical book reports recent developments in medication and combined therapies. New findings on the links between social anxiety, biological and genetic factors and selective mutism are described. At the same time the authors remain committed to understanding this pattern of behaviour in its full social context in family and community and to employing behavioural approaches to intervention alongside other methods.

The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child

Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum's Guide, "The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child" is a wonderfully informative guidebook that will provide parents, teachers, and treating professionals with the advice necessary to help prepare the 'ideal class setting for the Selectively Mute child.' This practical guide is informative and entertaining and goes into detail as to tactics that can be done in the school to benefit and accommodate the needs of the Selectively Mute child. Recommendations on testing, IEP development and multiple methods to help lower anxiety, build self esteem and increase communication comfort within the school are emphasized throughout this book. This guide book is easy to read, graphically attractive and is a necessary reference for all those involved with a Selectively Mute child within the school environment.

Essentials For Speech-Language Pathologists

by Betsy P. Vinson

Ideal for graduate students transitioning to professional practice, this comprehensive resource covers the "nuts and bolts" of speech-language pathology. The text covers professional issues with ASHA guidelines and practice standards, followed by case law and legislation that dictates professional practice in educational and healthcare settings, completed by a review of the most common communicative disorders and corresponding assessment and treatment guidelines. This all-inclusive manual is recommended reading for students and professionals who are preparing to take the Praxis Examination in Speech-Language Pathology. Speech-Language Pathology / Communication / Medical

Here's How to Do Therapy: Hands-on Core Skills in Speech Language Therapy

by Debra M. Dwight

Unique in its design and content, this book-DVD combination helps clinicians enhance their skills by working through guided practices of skills and concepts on topics such as developing the therapeutic mindset, appropriate proximity, stimulus presentation, and much more. The use of task-analysis for development of specific underlying therapeutic skills makes therapy provision logical and manageable. The author focuses on the fundamental activities that occur within the speech-language therapy session and on specific core skills of the therapeutic process. She provides definitions of numerous research-based terms related to underlying skills within the speech-language therapy session and offers guided practice and demonstrations of approximately 15 fundamental therapeutic skills in the form of systematic "workshops" that include both scripted and DVD demonstrations of skills using advance organizers, definitions/demonstrations, think-out-loud questions, prompts for practice, and post organizers for each therapy skill addressed. A 50-minute DVD accompanies the text and adds significantly to the tutorial aspects of the book by presenting visual demonstrations of skills. One- to three-minute vignettes give viewers examples of how nine specific therapeutic skills can be implemented into real therapy sessions. Then, in two 15-minute sessions of therapy, viewers are given examples of the implementation of basic articulation and basic language therapy from introduction to closing, demonstrations that are invaluable to the beginning and practicing SLP. This invaluable digital resource gives clinicians an opportunity to study at length-as often as needed - the specific underlying skills needed toprovide effective therapy. Here's How to Do Therapy is an ideal text plus DVD for clinical practicum experiences or clinical management courses, as well as an individual guide book for those engaged in SLP intervention.

Born to Talk: An Introduction to Speech and Language Development (4th Edition)

by Lloyd M. Hulit and Merle R. Howard

Now in its Fourth Edition, Born to Talk: An Introduction to Speech and Language Development traces development through real time with attention to how the various components of language are integrated in a single child's journey to adult language. Suitable for majors and non-majors, undergraduate and graduate students alike, this text provides a comprehensive view of speech and language development written in a reader-friendly manner. In addition to a real-time presentation of speech and language development, the book contains information on theories of language development, cognitive development, the anatomy and physiology of speech, language diversity, and communication disorders. It also includes revised sections on African American English, Hispanic English, cultural diversity in the public schools, adolescent and adult language, and a much expanded section on fluency disorders. The Fourth Edition features a new and unique chapter on bilingualism. It has been updated throughout with to reflect current research and topics, such as Asian English. To improve the organization, Ch 10 is condensed and information on anatomy and physiology has been moved to the Appendix.Four new tables are added to visually supplement the text.

Ages and Stages: A Parent's Guide to Normal Childhood Development

by Charles E. Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

A comprehensive parent’s guide to your child’s psychological development from birth through age 10 Written in an engaging, practical style, Ages and Stages offers you the benefits of the most current research on child development, featuring helpful tips and techniques to foster your child’s maturation. Charles Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo tell you what behaviors you can expect as your child grows and how you can help him or her to advance to the next level of development. They include numerous examples, stories, and activities you can use immediately to positively influence your child’s development. The book’s structure (divided into four stages of child development—birth to 18 months, 18 to 36 months, 36 months to age six, and six to ten years) allows you to monitor your child’s progress, identify the reasons for emotional and psychological differences in siblings, and even determine how your parenting strategies should change as your child grows.

•    Covers all five areas of psychological health—emotional, cognitive, friendship / relationships, 
personal growth, and morality
•    Filled with easy-to-follow Do’s and Don’ts, plus fun activities and exercises to encourage your
child’s development
•    Helps you assess if and when your child may need professional intervention

Milestones: Normal Speech And Language Development Across the Lifespan

by Jr., Ph.D. Oller, et al John W.

This new book is written as a textbook for the introductory course in Language Development for students in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Special Education, Educational Psychology and Education. It adopts a coherent chronological approach, beginning with responsiveness to speech and language in the womb and working across the lifespan into maturity and beyond. By using a chronological organization, the text helps students relate the material to the whole person at each milestone. It takes a constructive approach, starting with the simplest theoretical apparatus of the youngest infant, gradually increasing in complexity and comprehensiveness one milestone at a time. The organizational background becomes a series of narratives of interesting cases, keeping the theory and structure of language development grounded in real stories.

Developing Child, The (12th Edition) (MyDevelopmentLab Series)

by Helen Bee and Denise Boyd

The Developing Child, 12/e, gives students the tools they require to organize, retain and apply information from the broad field of child psychology, while offering balanced coverage of theory and application, with a strong emphasis on culture. Helen Bee is a prominent author and researcher whose successful books on development, and whose devotion to this field has earned her a national reputation. Denise Boyd of Houston Community College System adds a refreshing voice to this popular, longstanding text, while adding outstanding pedagogy and activities that help students replicate classic research.

Let's Talk Together - Home Activities for Early Speech & Language Development

by Amy Chouinard and Cory Poland

Made for parents and clinicians, Let's Talk Together offers over 55 home activities for early speech & language development.
Let's Talk Together includes favorite language activities that take place in a child's natural environment including but not limited to mealtime, indoor play, outdoor play, car time, and night time routines.

Incorporating language-based activities into daily routines allows parents and caregivers opportunities for repetition and the flexibility to practice these activities at a time convenient for them. Presenting the activities in a fun but natural manner helps children relax so that they will be much more likely to participate.

Chapters include...
Chapter 1: Activities for Beginning Sounds
Chapter 2: Oral Motor Activities
Chapter 3: Indoor Play
Chapter 4:Outdoor Play
Chapter 5: Kitchen/Mealtime
Chapter 6: Night Time Routine
Chapter 7: Craft Time
Chapter 8: Car/Travel

Each page contains simple directions with descriptions of what you need, what to say, and what to do.

Attention Games: 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn To Focus

by Barbara Sher and Ralph Butler

If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sher—parent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapist—these activities are specially designed to encourage kids to expand their powers of attention in ways that will help them throughout their lives.

Are You Listening?: Fostering Conversations That Help Young Children Learn

by Lisa Burman

Conversations take place in every early childhood classroom-between teachers and children, and among children. Are You Listening? asks teachers to examine these conversations and their impact on children's learning.
Often, teachers use conversations to impart information to children instead of really listening to children and allowing them to make their own decisions. Grounded in child-centered, relationship-based theory, this book covers topics such as how to create an environment that supports quality conversations, how to encourage conversations that support learning and development, and how to work with children with limited language capabilities.

Listening Skills for Young Children

by Trish Vowels

Teaching Young Children Effective Listening Skills (Educating Our Children)

by Charlotte G. Garman, Frederick J. Garman, and Waln K. Brown

Increasingly, the ability to listen to each other is a skill desirable for both interpersonal and international cooperation. In schools, discriminating listening is a requisite for success – academically, athletically, socially and creatively. Listening is the basic element of all communication skills, for it is one thing to speak but quite another to follow through upon what someone else is saying. The skill of listening must be given more intensive attention than ever before in the history of education.

Speaking, Listening and Understanding: Games for Young Children

by Catherine Delamain and Jill Spring

Sourcebook for Speech, Language and Cognition: Stimulus Materials for Rehabilitation Book 2

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