LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DISORDERS INFANCY THROUGH ADOLESCENCE

ORGANIZED WITH A CLEAR FRAMEWORK AND STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING SUPPORTS, THIS TEXTBOOK HELPS GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS GAIN ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN INFORM, AND TRANSFORM, THEIR WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO ACQUIRE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY ABILITIES TO MEET MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING NEEDS. FEATURING CONTENT AND QUESTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE DEEPER THINKING ABOUT THE NATURE OF DISORDERED AND NORMAL DEVELOPMENT, THIS TEXT MAKES ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION PRACTICES RELEVANT TO CONTEXTS OF HOME, CLASSROOM, AND PEER INTERACTIONS. IN PARTICULAR, READERS WILL LEARN TO DRAW ON MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INPUT TO DEVELOP AN ASSESSMENT PICTURE FOR A CHILD AT ANY AGE AND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AS A PERSON WITH UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND NEEDS, COMING FROM A PARTICULAR CULTURAL-LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND, AND WITH CONCERNS THAT MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO A PARTICULAR KNOWN OR UNKNOWN BUT SUSPECTED SET OF ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS. ADDITIONALLY, READERS WILL LEARN TO PLAN INTERVENTIONS THAT T