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The fifth edition of Language and Communication Disorders in Children is a major revision that focuses on the area of language to explain different kinds of developmental disabilities in children. This fifth edition is a substantially revised introduction to the dynamic areas of speech-language pathology and special education. It focuses on the ways children learn language and the ways to help children who struggle with it. The authors present the material with the knowledge that the study of children's language and communication disorders will challenge students to apply theories of child development, speech and hearing science, and language development and disorders for the rewarding experience of providing language intervention to communicatively disordered children.
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Combining the expertise of a variety of contributors, this comprehensive yet readable book utilizes a non-categorical approach in discussing developmental disabilities in children. Children with language and communication disorders are often misdiagnosed and misunderstood due to the assignment of educational labels that reflect their different handicapping conditions, i.e. mental retardation, hearing impairment, and autism. This book utilizes a common unifying theoretical framework to understand and discuss this population. For professionals working in the fields of audiology, speech-language pathology, and deaf education.