Language Disorders From A Developmental Perspective (New Directions In Communication Disorders Research)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Children's Language Learning: An Interactionist Perspective -- 2 In the Mouths of Babes: Anatomic, Motor, and Sensory Foundations of Speech Development in Children -- 3 Typical Talkers, Late Talkers, and Children With Specific Language Impairment: A Language Endowment Spectrum? -- 4 Utterance Length and Lexical Diversity in American- and British-English Speaking Children: What Is the Evidence for a Clinical Marker of SLI? -- 5 Gesture Development From an Interactionist Perspective -- 6 Dissociations in the Development of Early Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 7 Language Learning and Use as Embedded Social Activities: Evidence From Autism and Fragile X Syndrome -- 8 Fragile X Syndrome: Memory Skills and the Emergence of Reading in Males -- 9 The Case for Bilingualism in Children with Down Syndrome -- 10 The Development of Communicative Competence in Vulnerable Populations -- 11 Could Verbs Be Hubs? -- 12 Documenting Progress in Language Production: The Evolution of a Computerized Language Analysis System -- 13 Narrative Abilities in Children With Language Impairments -- 14 Developmental Considerations in Addressing the AAC Needs of Children With Severe Disabilities -- 15 What Else About Comprehension? Examining Young Children's Discourse Comprehension Abilities -- 16 The Developmental, Interactionist Perspective: An Afterword -- Author Index -- Subject Index

• | Author: Rhea Paul
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 462 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138012866
• | ISBN-13: 9781138012868