Assessing and Diagnosing Speech Therapy Needs in School

Małgorzata Przybysz-Zaremba is a habilitated doctor and professor at the National Vocational College of Ignacy Mościcki in Ciechanów, Poland. She is also a pedagogue, a special educator and a pedagogical therapist who works with children with special educational needs. She has authored over 200 scientific publications. Her research interests include social pedagogy, rehabilitation pedagogy, behavioral disorders, suicidal behavior, addictions and special educational needs. She aims to analyze these topics in the diagnostic, preventive and supportive (therapeutic) context. Aleksandra Siedlaczek-Szwed is a habilitated doctor and professor at the University of Humanities and Natural Sciences of Jan Długosz in Częstochowa, Poland. She also heads the Center for Research and Assistance to People with Speech Disorders. Her areas of scientific interest are pedagogical and speech therapy aspects of education, teaching and upbringing. She has authored several monographs and publications of national and international scope. Krzysztof Polok is a habilitated doctor and professor at the University of Bielsko-Biala in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. He is a linguist, and his research focuses on the influence of lesson plans with and without the use of the ICT tools on teachers and leaners of language. He is the author of 12 books and more than 150 publications. He also works as a sworn translator of Polish and English.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. Pedagogical diagnostics as a key activity in the educational process of a child: General theoretical assumptions
Chapter 2. Introduction to the theoretical and methodological foundations of speech therapy: Speech therapy diagnosis and speech therapy procedures
Chapter 3. Pedagogical and speech therapy diagnosis: Exploration of selected cases
Chapter 4. On the application of selected tools useful in pedagogical and speech therapy diagnostics
Chapter 5. Suggestions for exercises and games used in pedagogical and speech therapy in improving disturbed areas

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