Language Disorders from Infancy through Adolescence

Provides students with the information useful to assess childhood language disorders. This book covers language development from birth to adolescence. Divided into three sections, it deals with issues in language development, addresses language development from birth to the end of preschool, and handles language development through adolescence.

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"Language Disorders From Infancy Through Adolescence, 2e" provides students with the information needed to properly assess childhood language disorders and provide appropriate treatments. Using a developmental approach, the text covers language development from birth to adolescence. The book is divided into three sections: the first deals with issues in language development, which are common to all developmental stages, such as how disorders are defined and organized. The second addresses language development from birth to the end of preschool (until age 5). The third handles language development from age five through adolescence. The developmental organization of the book is unique and has scored high ratings with faculty. The very engaging writing style, first person, has made this book very popular with students at the graduate level. Due to its readability, undergraduate students find the subject matter easy to comprehend. Theoretical and clinical content are effectively balanced, making the product not only a good text but an excellent clinical reference as well.