Speech and Language Therapy : the Decision Making Process When Working with Children.

Now in its second edition, Speech and Language Therapy: the decision-making process when working with children reveals how recent research and changes in health and education services have affected the decision-making process in the assessment and management of children with speech and language prob...

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Main Author: Kersner, Myra
Other Authors: Wright, Jannet A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Francis, Taylor & amp ; 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Speech and Language Therapy; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Terminology and abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Learning how to be a professional; 1. The decision-making process in speech and language therapy: Myra Kersner; 2. Developing as a speech and language therapist: Myra Kersner and Ann Parker; 3. The first job: bridging the gap: Deanne Rennie; Part II: Management in different settings; 4. Managing pre-school children in community settings: Kirsty Pullen and Sarah Hulme.
  • 5. The roles of speech and language therapists working in community clinics, child development centres and hospitals: Sue Roulstone, Mary Gale and Helen Marks6. Working with children with speech, language and communication needs in school settings: Marie Gascoigne; 7. Managing children individually or in groups: Oonagh Reilly; Part III: Working with others; 8. Working with parents: Monica Bray; 9. Working with other practitioners: Jannet A. Wright; Part IV: Assessing and managing children with communication problems.
  • 10. Working with children with specific speech impairment: Sally Bates and Jocelynne Watson11. Children with autism spectrum disorders: Tom Loucas; 12. Working with children with language delay and specific language impairment: Janet Wood; 13. Working with deaf children: Sarah Beazley, Ruth Merritt and Judy Halden; 14. Multicultural issues in assessment and management: Carolyn Letts; 15. Children with communication problems and additional emotional/behavioural problems: Alison Wintgens; 16. Working with children with written language difficulties: Sarah Simpson.
  • 17. Cleft palate and velopharyngeal anomalies: Debbie Sell and Anne Harding-Bell18. Children who stammer: Louise Wright; 19. Children with severe learning disabilities: Celia Harding; 20. Children with acquired speech and language problems: Janet Lees; 21. Augmentative and alternative communication: Michael Clarke, Katie Price and Nicola Jolleff; 22. Children with feeding difficulties: Carolyn Anderson; References; Index.