This edited volume examines current themes in the neurolinguistic study of multilingual and monolingual adults and highlights several new directions the field is moving toward.
Physiotherapeuten, Ergotherapeuten und Logopäden in eigener Praxis müssen nicht nur fachlich kompetent sein – sie müssen ihre Praxis auch wirtschaftlich erfolgreich führen können, um ihre berufliche Existenz langfristig zu sichern.
The International Review of Sign Linguistics -- which replaces the International Journal of Sign Linguistics -- is planned as an annual series publishing the most up-to-date scholarly work in all aspects of sign language linguistics.
This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is situated.
This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development.
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 updated new edition is a practical guidebook for parents, teachers and other professionals supporting children with sensory and motor learning difficulties.
The Bilingual Aphasia Test is a comprehensive language test designed to assess the differential loss or sparing of various language functions in previously bilingual individuals.
This self-help workbook offers guidance for people coping with functional neurological disorder (FND), as well as their partners, families, friends, and healthcare professionals.
This book is written for the beginning student of communication disorders with a basic understanding of phonetics, or the practising speech-language therapist whose phonetic training may need updating.
The past decade has brought important new advances in the fields of genetics, behavioral genetics, linguistics, language acquisition, studies of language impairment, and brain imaging.
The book summarises research findings from a range of projects using a set of auditory and speech procedures designed for the psycholinguistic framework developed by Stackhouse and Wells (1997).
Despite an increasing awareness of Developmental Language Disorder, there are very few tools available to help people understand and live with a diagnosis of DLD.
In this colourful illustrated storybook, part of the School Start series, children with language needs can explore the story of Nik the Ninja, and his disastrous night at Merryville Museum.
This valuable book addresses the common problems faced by speech language pathologists, offering solutions and strategies for more effective service delivery.
Previously published as two separate books for Speech and Language Therapists and for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Nursing, this book has now been updated and expanded and combines the two first editions into one.
Praise for the previous edition:"e;"e;This unique book encompasses everything from hearing science and psychoacoustics to hearing conservation and basic audiometry.
Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field.
Praise for the previous edition:"e;"e;This unique book encompasses everything from hearing science and psychoacoustics to hearing conservation and basic audiometry.
Der Autorin, einer Neurolinguistin mit langjährigen Erfahrungen in der Aphasietherapie, ist mit diesem Buch ein bemerkenswerter Brückenschlag zwischen Theorie und Praxis geglückt: Neurolinguistisch Interessierten bietet es fundierte Einblicke in die Prozesse normaler Sprachentstehung und -verarbeitung und in die Mechanismen der durch Aphasie gestörten Sprache; Aphasietherapeuten erhalten praktische Informationen über die Möglichkeiten der Sprachtherapie mit Betroffenen; ALLEN Betreuern von Aphasikern gibt das Buch Anleitungen für den alltäglichen Umgang mit den psychischen und sozialen Problemen dieser Behinderung.
Dyslexia: Theories, Assessment and Support offers a broad perspective on dyslexia, providing a range of views from theory to practice which help explain the continued controversy surrounding the condition.
The Social Communication Intervention Programme (SCIP) has been developed to support school-aged children (6-11 years) with social communication, pragmatic, and language needs.
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.
Understanding Tourette Syndrome provides accessible, concise, evidence-based guidelines on this neurodevelopmental disorder, offering parents and professionals a deeper scientific understanding of the condition and its consequences.
The recent progress in cognitive neuroscience, and the importance of genetic factors and gene-environment interactions in shaping behavioral functions in early childhood, have both underscored the primacy of early experience and development on brain development and function.
The book offers a comprehensive overview of deglutition disorders and of dysphagia treatment, presenting a review of the main instruments for evaluating and treating dysphagia.
This new standout volume is the first to describe developmental areas associated with social competence and social communication, as well as provide evidence-based information on effective assessment and intervention for children who have problems with social communication and social interactions.
