Communication Disorders and Children with Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders

Definitions of language disorders - who can be served?; psychiatric disorders in children; research on interactions among oral language and emotional/behavioural disorders; neuropsychology, language and behaviour; An overview of psychotropic drugs used in the treatment of behaviour and language disorders; linguistic factors affecting personality assessment of children and adolescents; early intervention - young children with communication and emotional/behavioural problems; therapeutic implications for children with emotional or behavioural disorders and concomitant language disorders; practical issues in communication therapy - intervention for children with behaviour and language disorders for classroom management - collaborative intervention techniques; new directions.