Speech and language disorders and therapy

Manual of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques for Disorders of Deglutition is the first in class comprehensive multidisciplinary text to encompass the entire field of deglutition.

Rising numbers of young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders means more students with ASD entering pre-school and the elementary grades.

In an era of intense interest in educational reform, spurred by increasing global competition for jobs and advancement, it is more critical than ever to understand the nature of learning.

Many people regard stammering as a joke, reinforced by the fact that they are usually portrayed on film and television as figures of fun: Michael Palin in a Fish Called Wanda, Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours.

The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey of the latest research in communication disorders.

Practical Laryngology is an invaluable guide to laryngology.

This book is a selection of linguistic and multimodal research on healthcare and well-being communication in Japan.

Clinical Sociolinguistics examines how sociolinguistic research paradigms can be applied to assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the clinical situation.

Time to Talk provides a powerful and accessible resource for practitioners working to improve children's language and communication skills.

Time to Talk provides a powerful and accessible resource for practitioners working to improve children's language and communication skills.

Effective Augmentative and Alternative Communication Practices provides a user-friendly handbook for any school-based practitioner, whether you are a special education teacher, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) consultant, assistive technology consultant, speech language pathologist, or occupational therapist.

Effective Augmentative and Alternative Communication Practices provides a user-friendly handbook for any school-based practitioner, whether you are a special education teacher, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) consultant, assistive technology consultant, speech language pathologist, or occupational therapist.

'Early Communication Skills' has been a popular and widely used publication since becoming available in 1991.

'Early Communication Skills' has been a popular and widely used publication since becoming available in 1991.

Personal stories are the way we develop a sense of who we are, make sense of our experiences and make and sustain relationships.

Personal stories are the way we develop a sense of who we are, make sense of our experiences and make and sustain relationships.

For anyone who needs to understand, assess or manage selective mutism, this is a comprehensive and practical manual that is grounded in behavioural psychology and anxiety management and draws on relevant research findings as well as the authors' extensive clinical experience.

For anyone who needs to understand, assess or manage selective mutism, this is a comprehensive and practical manual that is grounded in behavioural psychology and anxiety management and draws on relevant research findings as well as the authors' extensive clinical experience.

A Speechmark core resource, this photocopiable manual provides practical ideas and material for speech and language therapists to use with clients whose speech difficulties arise from cleft palate and/or velopharyngeal disorders.

A Speechmark core resource, this photocopiable manual provides practical ideas and material for speech and language therapists to use with clients whose speech difficulties arise from cleft palate and/or velopharyngeal disorders.

This core Talkabout manual is a practical resource essential for Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals who need to help people with special needs develop social skills.

This core Talkabout manual is a practical resource essential for Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals who need to help people with special needs develop social skills.

This is a practical resource that can be used with children who need additional help in developing communication skills during the first year of school and is a follow-on from the hugely successful first edition.

This is a practical resource that can be used with children who need additional help in developing communication skills during the first year of school and is a follow-on from the hugely successful first edition.

This resource aims to provide clinicians with evidence-based therapy tasks to enhance naming and word finding abilities in people with aphasia.

This resource aims to provide clinicians with evidence-based therapy tasks to enhance naming and word finding abilities in people with aphasia.

Devised by members of the Speech and Language Therapy team in Portsmouth city teaching PCT, this advice pack breaks down social communication difficulties into four key areas: Language; Conversation skills; Social skills; and Selecting and organising information.

Devised by members of the Speech and Language Therapy team in Portsmouth city teaching PCT, this advice pack breaks down social communication difficulties into four key areas: Language; Conversation skills; Social skills; and Selecting and organising information.

Teaching Reading and Phonics to Children with Language and Communication Delay is an accessible and jargon-free book full of practical ideas for teaching the first stages of reading and phonics to children who have speech and language delay.

Teaching Reading and Phonics to Children with Language and Communication Delay is an accessible and jargon-free book full of practical ideas for teaching the first stages of reading and phonics to children who have speech and language delay.

Who's Afraid of AAC?

Who's Afraid of AAC?

Using drama activities based on a range of classic and modern stories, this inspiring resource equips SENCOs, primary school teachers and speech and language therapists alike with simple, practical and effective tools to improve children's speech, language and communication.

Using drama activities based on a range of classic and modern stories, this inspiring resource equips SENCOs, primary school teachers and speech and language therapists alike with simple, practical and effective tools to improve children's speech, language and communication.

A comprehensive and practical resource for all speech and language therapists and students, this book covers all aspects of working with this client group.

A comprehensive and practical resource for all speech and language therapists and students, this book covers all aspects of working with this client group.

This comprehensive resource profiles the articulation ability of a client, identifies areas in particular need of treatment and provides the material and tools to create tailor-made practice worksheets.

This comprehensive resource profiles the articulation ability of a client, identifies areas in particular need of treatment and provides the material and tools to create tailor-made practice worksheets.

This informative manual draws on expert research to highlight the feeding and swallowing difficulties that can occur with dementia.

This informative manual draws on expert research to highlight the feeding and swallowing difficulties that can occur with dementia.

"e;Groupwork for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Ages 3-5"e; is the first of three books promoting a multidisciplinary approach to working with children on the autism spectrum.

"e;Groupwork for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Ages 3-5"e; is the first of three books promoting a multidisciplinary approach to working with children on the autism spectrum.

This book focuses explicitly on therapeutic techniques developed from a social model approach to disability and learning to live with difference.

This book focuses explicitly on therapeutic techniques developed from a social model approach to disability and learning to live with difference.

This practical resource provides a simple, shared framework to help speech & language therapists work more effectively with the families, carers and teachers of children with severe and profound learning disabilities.

This practical resource provides a simple, shared framework to help speech & language therapists work more effectively with the families, carers and teachers of children with severe and profound learning disabilities.

This collection brings together different perspectives on post-traumatic stress, considering its causes, its impact on different groups, and ways forward toward equipping speech-language clinicians, educators, and scholars to better understand and support the individuals and communities with which they work.

Talkabout for Children: Developing Friendship Skills is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.

Talkabout for Children: Developing Friendship Skills is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.

This unique book features a collection of lively stories on the integration of Intensive Interaction practice into schools and adult service settings.