Adaptive Language Problems of Young Adults with Learning Disabilities

Discusses the use of language by adolescents with learning disabilities who must use language to adapt themselves to their environments and vice-versa as they approach adulthood. This work should be of interest to students and specialists in speech-language pathology and special education.

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This book explores the problems faced by young learning disabled adults who have difficulties in using language to meet the personal, educational and vocational demands of life. It begins with the theoretical foundations of adaptive language disorders, the various subtypes and their characteristics and their effect on the lives of young adults with learning disabilities. The authors then present detailed information on the assessment and diagnosis of adaptive language disorders. This is followed by instructional, occupational and environmental solutions that can be used to assist and empower young adults in dealing with the problems they face in each of these areas because of their adaptive language problems. This book should be of interest to special education teachers; rehabilitation specialists; speech and language therapists; and educational psychologists.