Language disorders from infancy through adolescence : listening, speaking, reading, writing, and communicating / Rhea Paul, Courtenay F. Norbury, Carolyn Gosse.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 682-779) and indexes.

Section I: Topics in childhood language disorders. Models of child language disorders -- Evaluation and assessment -- Principles of intervention -- Special consideration for special populations -- Developmental language disorders in a pluralistic society -- Section II: From birth to Brown's Stage V. Assessment and intervention in the prelinguistic period -- Assessment and intervention for emerging language -- Assessment of developing language -- Intervention for developing language -- Section III: Working with language learning disabilities. Language, reading, and learning in school: what the speech-language pathologist needs to know -- Assessing students' language for learning -- Intervening at the language-for-learning stage -- Assessing advanced language -- Intervention for advanced language.

Spanning the entire childhood developmental period, Language Disorders from Infancy Through Adolescence, 5th Edition is the go-to text for learning how to properly assess childhood language disorders and provide appropriate treatment. The most comprehensive title available on childhood language disorders, it uses a descriptive-developmental approach to present basic concepts and vocabulary, an overview of key issues and controversies, the scope of communicative difficulties that make up child language disorders, and information on how language pathologists approach the assessment and intervention processes. This new edition also features significant updates in research, trends, social skills assessment, and instruction best practices.