Here's how children learn speech and language : a text on different learning strategies / Margo Kinzer Courter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courter, Margo Kinzer, author.

Series:

Here's how series.

Here's how series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Education.

Children with disabilities.

Speech disorders in children.

Language disorders in children.

Response to intervention (Learning disabled children).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Plural Publishing, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This essential resource for school-based SLPs and educators who work with children with speech and language disorders in the educational setting provides diagnostic tools to help clinicians assess underlying speech and/or language disorders that are impeding students' academic success. It enables clinicians to identify goals and develop strategies to meet those goals and improve academic performance.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Just the Facts; Introduction; Here Are Important Definitions; Here Are Some Facts; Fact #1: Percent of Students With Learning and Language Disabilities; Fact #2: (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), Language Impairment, and Reading Disorder; Fact #3: Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Language, and Learning Disorders; Fact #4: Word-Finding, Language Impairment, and Learning Disabilities; Fact #5: Percent of Students With Learning Disabilities; Fact #9: Language-Based Learning Disability Is a Better Descriptor Than Dyslexia

Here Are Some Signs for Students Who May Be at Risk of a Learning DisabilityHere Are the Laws That Guarantee an Equal Education for All; Introduction to Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004); Here's Information Regarding Reauthorization of IDEA 2008; Here's Information Regarding the NCLB Act of 2001; Introduction to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1998); Here Are the Agencies That Enforce the Laws; Office for Civil Rights (OCR); The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS); Conclusion; References; 2. Diagnostics; Introduction

Preschool/Kindergarten ChildrenMorphology Introduction; Phonology Introduction; Auditory Short-Term Memory Skills Introduction; Word Finding Introduction; Possible Assessment Tools; School-Age Assessment Essentials Introduction; Rating Scales; Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Measures; Word-Finding Measures; Central Auditory Processing Disorder (C)APD; Written Language Expression; Phonological Awareness Assessment; Problem Solving; Determining the Significance of the Testing Results; Possible Profiles; What Happens After the Evaluation; Conclusion; References

3. Getting Started: Preliteracy SkillsIntroduction; Auditory Short-Term Memory Introduction; Area: Auditory Short-Term Memory; Auditory Short-Term Memory Strategies; Sequencing Events Introduction; Area: Sequencing of Events; Sequencing Strategies; Phonological Awareness Introduction; Area: Phonological Awareness; Strategies for Phonological Awareness; Narrative Skills Introduction; Area: Narrative Skills; Developing Narrative Skills Strategies; Preschool Language Skills and PossibleAcademic Effects; Conclusion; References; 4. Reading Is Rocket Science; Introduction

Early Reading IntroductionArea: Early Reading; Early Reading Strategies; Building Reading Success Introduction; Area: Building Reading Success; Building Reading Success Strategies; Conclusion; References; 5. Across the Curriculum; Introduction; Symbols and Abbreviations in Note Taking Introduction; Vocabulary Introduction; Vocabulary Goals; Vocabulary Strategies; Information Presented Orally Introduction; Spoken Directions and Lecture Information Goals; Spoken Directions and Lecture Information Strategies; Following Written Directions Introduction; Following Written Directions Goals

Following Written Directions Strategies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-701-9

OCLC:

893681312