Language sampling with adolescents : implications for intervention / Marilyn A. Nippold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nippold, Marilyn A., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech disorders in adolescence--Diagnosis.

Speech disorders in adolescence.

Children--Language--Testing.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California : Plural Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides guidelines for analyzing spoken and written language production in adolescents. It is geared toward graduate students and speech-language pathologists who work with middle school and high school students (Grades 5-12). The book will help readers understand how to analyze the content and structure of the different adolescent language genres and how to utilize this information in establishing functional language goals and implementing intervention activities for adolescents with language disorders.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Working With Adolescents; Chapter 1. Why Language Sampling?; Chapter 2. History of Language Sampling; Chapter 3. Adolescent Language Development; Chapter 4. Language Sampling Guidelines; Chapter 5. Language Sampling Tasks; Chapter 6. Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders; Chapter 7. Intervention: Conversational and Narrative Discourse; Chapter 8. Intervention: Expository and Persuasive Discourse; Chapter 9. Bringing It All Together: The School Newspaper; Part II. Grammar Review and Exercises; Chapter 10. Types of Words and Phrases

Chapter 11. Types of ClausesChapter 12. Types of Sentences; Chapter 13. Units of Measurement; Chapter 14. Analyzing Language Samples from Adolescents; Appendix A. Answer Keys for Chapter Exercises; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-662-4

OCLC:

891396429