A think-aloud and talk-aloud approach to building language : overcoming disability, delay, and deficiency / Reuven Feuerstein, Louis H. Falik, Refael S. Feuerstein, & Krisztina Bohács ; foreword by Yvette Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feuerstein, Reuven, author.

Falik, Louis H., author.

Feuerstein, Refael S., author.

Bohács, Krisztina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Language.

Children.

Language disorders in children.

Physical Description:

xvi, 144 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, Columbia University, [2013]

Summary:

While self-talk life "Now we are buckling you in the car seat so we can go to the store" is common parental practice, this book shows how teachers, parents, and therapists can take this to higher levels to advance learning potential. Based on neuroscience and their own innovative work, the authors provide the rationale and a step-by-step process for using intentional self-talk and think-aloud methods to improve both language and cognitive development in normal and language-delayed children, as well as in order individuals with disabilities. Stories are sprinkled throughout the text to demonstrate mediated self-talk in action and the remarkable results achieved with real children.

Reuven Feuerstein is the founder and director of The Feuerstein Institute (formerly IGELP) and professor of psychology in Bar Ilan University's School of Education (Ramat Gan, Israel).

Louis H. Falik is emeritus professor of counseling at San Francisco State University and a senior scholar at The Feuerstein Institute.

Refael S. Feuerstein is deputy chairman of The Feuerstein Institute.

Krisztina Bohacs lectures at Juhasz Gyula Teachers Training College and the University of Szeged, and is the head of the Foundation for Mediated Learning in Budapest, Hungary.

The first three authors wrote Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Mediating language development : talking and thinking aloud to overcome language poverty, delay, and disability

Theoretical foundations for mediated self-talk (MST)

Scientific support: mirror neurons and the neurophysiology of how and why MST advances language development

MST and the structure of language

Introducing the child to MST

Putting soliloquy into practice: for parents, teachers, and care providers

Beyond soliloquy: the child's response

MST and language disorders

Language development, cognitive development, and social development: overcoming developmental delay

Applying MST to different needs : brief case studies

The challenge and promise of MST.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807753939

9780807753934

9780807754108

0807754102

OCLC:

817721238

Publisher Number:

99953305441