Communicating Without Speech: Practical Augmentative and Alternative Communication Clinics for Children (Clinics in Developmental Medicine) - Hardcover

 
9781898683254: Communicating Without Speech: Practical Augmentative and Alternative Communication Clinics for Children (Clinics in Developmental Medicine)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1898683255 ISBN 13: 9781898683254
Verlag: Mac Keith Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

This volume presents current research and accepted good practice in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The authors give detailed information on the neurology of speech and language, and offer guidelines for the assessment of non-speaking children. The chapters discuss such topics as issues of prognosis for speech, timing of intervention, and the importance of working within a multidisciplinary framework. The central role of families and schools in the successful introduction and support of AAC for social communication and curriculum access is recognized, and a range of AAC systems and resources are described, as are the views of AAC users and their families.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

(d.o.b. 14.7.60) - specialist speech and language therapists at Guy's Hospital - part-time lecturer City University, London and University College London - specialises in areas of cerebral palsy, learning disability, autism, feeding, augmentative & alternative communication and play & communication - lectures in UK and internationally on specialist subjects - authored chapters on cerebral palsy, play Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Council for Professionals Supplementary to Medicine International Society for Augmentative & Alternative Communication

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This book is aimed at health professionals treating children who fail to develop adequate speech due to complex neurological conditions or learning disabilities and may require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. By presenting current research and accepted good practise in the field of AAC authors give detailed information on the neurology of speech and language, and offer guidelines for the assessment of non-speaking children. Issues of prognosis for speech, the timing of intervention and the importance of working within a multidisciplinary framework are discussed. The central role of families and schools in the successful introduction and support of AAC for social communication and curriculum access is recognised. A range of AAC systems and resources are described, and the views of AAC users and their families represented. This will be essential reading for clinicians who treat non-speaking children, and the therapists and other professionals who support these children.

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This book is aimed at health professionals treating children who fail to develop adequate speech due to complex neurological conditions or learning disabilities and may require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. By presenting current research and accepted good practise in the field of AAC authors give detailed information on the neurology of speech and language, and offer guidelines for the assessment of non-speaking children. Issues of prognosis for speech, the timing of intervention and the importance of working within a multidisciplinary framework are discussed. The central role of families and schools in the successful introduction and support of AAC for social communication and curriculum access is recognised. A range of AAC systems and resources are described, and the views of AAC users and their families represented. This will be essential reading for clinicians who treat non-speaking children, and the therapists and other professionals who support these children.

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Verlag
Mac Keith Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1898683255
ISBN 13 
9781898683254
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
196
Herausgeber
Carroll-Few Lesley, Cockerill Helen, Mac Keith Press
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