Though working with people with learning difficulties has become an increasingly important speciality for the speech therapist, much of the rationale for this work has yet to be established. Practitioners are still evaluating their role in working with the learning disabled, and are trying to develop appropriate models of assessment and intervention.
This book is intended to aid speech therapists in this task by providing ideas based on an ideology in keeping with the current trends in services to people with learning difficulties. After critically examining existing methods, the...
Though working with people with learning difficulties has become an increasingly important speciality for the speech therapist, much of the rationale ...
As a parent and teacher, Jean Augur learned to cope with dyslexia for 20 years. Her experience as the mother of three sons - all dyslexic to a greater or lesser degree - enabled her to understand compassionately. Here she shows how she devised ways and means of helping dyslexics to help themselves.
As a parent and teacher, Jean Augur learned to cope with dyslexia for 20 years. Her experience as the mother of three sons - all dyslexic to a greater...
The aim of this book is to provide a description of what is currently known about the genetics of deafness for audiologists, otologists and general genetics. It includes a number of background chapters introducing relevant genetics for audiologists and otologists and relevant aspects of auditory intervention for geneticists. These cover the epidemiology of hearing loss and the current situation with regard to gene identification within the field.
The aim of this book is to provide a description of what is currently known about the genetics of deafness for audiologists, otologists and general ge...
A companion volume for Preparing for Client Change in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, the training material in this book is arranged in modular format.
A companion volume for Preparing for Client Change in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, the training material in this book is arranged in modular fo...
This book examines critically three broad categories of communication approach which are currently advocated by the different schools of thinking concerned with the socialization and education of deaf children. These are: the auditory-oral, the total communication and the bilingual approach. In each case the claims for the approach are identified, the arguments offered for are assessed and the counter-claims made by the critics are presented. The research relating to the efficacy of each approach is reviewed and the validity of the available evidence is examined. The unresolved ideological...
This book examines critically three broad categories of communication approach which are currently advocated by the different schools of thinking conc...
This book has been written by practicing clinicians and researchers who are closely involved with individuals who have disorders of communication.
The first section provides an overview of basic issues and terminology in clinical linguistics; the second section discusses the purpose and value of assessing specific aspects of an individual' s linguistic ability and evaluates mainstream linguistic assessment procedures. The third sectionreviews the impact that modern linguistics is having on clinical intervention.
For this 2nd edition, the book has been updated to take into account...
This book has been written by practicing clinicians and researchers who are closely involved with individuals who have disorders of communication.
Great strides have been made recently in the availability of measurement technology able to describe accurately individual cognitive variation. At the same time, understanding of replicable and fair assessment practices in the dyslexia field has increased, as what dyslexia is has become clearer.
Great strides have been made recently in the availability of measurement technology able to describe accurately individual cognitive variation. At the...
This work provides a global non-device-specific overview of service delivery and rehabilitation strategies for cochlear implant users. The contributors to the book have experience with most of the commercially available devices and several experiemtnal ones. there are approaches from 17 different clinics representing four continents, 13 different countries and eight different languages. The number of patients seen by these teams totals more than 3000, or about one-fifth of those currently using cochlear implants worldwide.
This work provides a global non-device-specific overview of service delivery and rehabilitation strategies for cochlear implant users. The contributor...
Clinicians continue to be anxious about the assessment and treatment of dysfluency, but all the evidence suggests that early intervention is of primary importance in preventing long-term chronic stuttering. This practical programme aims to provide the means to assess the child's speech and language and the family life-style, to identify the children at risk and to plan appropriate treatment for the child concerned.
Clinicians continue to be anxious about the assessment and treatment of dysfluency, but all the evidence suggests that early intervention is of primar...
