Authors:Angela Losardo, Angela Notari-Syverso,
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: children, assessing, approaches, alternative
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1557664986
ISBN-13: 9781557664983

This work takes an in-depth look at six alternative assessment methods such as naturalistic, focused, performance, portfolio, dynamic, and curriculum-based language. Each chapter includes a description of the approach, including a summary of advantages and limitations.

Authors:Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara R. Foorman, Ingvar Lu
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: curriculum, classroom, children, awareness, phonemic
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1997-10-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1557663211
ISBN-13: 9781557663214

By Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara R. Foorman, Ingvar Lundberg, and Terri Beeler. Here is a complete curriculum that teachers can use confidently in just 15 minutes a day. Field-tested and built on research-based theory, these lesson plans, scripts, screening tests, and recommendations for assessment will bring success to your students, including special needs and ESL learners. 208 pages.

Authors:Brian A., Ph.D. Goldstei,
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: english, speakers, spanish, disorders, language, development, bilingual
Number of Pages: 354
Published: 2004-08-04
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1557666873
ISBN-13: 9781557666871

Both SLPs and researchers must understand speech and language developments in children - and SLPs also need reliable assessment and intervention approaches for serving bilingual children with language disorders. This comprehensive text is one of the few to offer readers in-depth theoretical and practical information on these timely topics. Focusing on children from 3 to 12 years of age, this urgently needed resource brings together more than a dozen top researchers to present developmental data, best assessment practices, and appropriate intervention approaches in the following areas: language

Author: Siegfried M. Pueschel
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: syndrome, adults
Number of Pages: 289
Published: 2006-08-15
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1557668116
ISBN-13: 9781557668110

World renowned Down syndrome expert Siegfried Pueschel brings us this practical volume on adults with Down syndrome. His previous books for parents of children with Down syndrome and adolescents with Down syndrome have been bestsellers. Now, with people with Down syndrome living longer than ever before, this edited text gathers many highly respected experts - including individuals with Down syndrome themselves - to discuss the experiences and needs of adults with Down syndrome. This accessible book will help readers promote the health and well being of individuals with Down syndrome. The book

Authors:Barbara Y. Whitman, Barbara Y. Whitman, Pasquale J.
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: terminology, disabilities, developmental, dictionary
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 155766594X
ISBN-13: 9781557665942

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA. A reference tool for those involved with developmental disabilities. Contains 3,500 disorders, theories, medications, interventions, and cross-references. Provides illustrations, tables, and charts to supplement the expanded information. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover.

Authors:Fred Genesee, Johanne Paradis, Martha B. Crago,
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: language, learning, communication, series, second, intervention, bilingualism, development, disorders, handbook, dual
Number of Pages: 233
Published: 2004-07
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1557666865
ISBN-13: 9781557666864

This book explains normal and impaired dual language development and the differences between monolingual and dual language development so that professionals can understand these differences and successfully diagnose and treat dual language children with language delays and disorders. The book divides dual language children into two types: bilingual children, who have learned two languages from infancy, and second language learners, who are learning a second language after significant progress has been made with a first language. The book also breaks dual language learners into two types accord

Authors:Mark L. Batshaw, Louis Pellegrino, Nancy J. Roizen,
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Keywords: disabilities, children
Number of Pages: 792
Published: 2007-07-30
List price: $74.95
ISBN-10: 1557668582
ISBN-13: 9781557668585

One of our bestsellers, "Children with Disabilities" is a fully illustrated, comprehensive disability resource. It covers developmental, clinical, educational, family, and intervention issues for children. The first edition of this volume was published more than 25 years ago, and subsequent editions have steadily grown in comprehensiveness and complexity. The sixth edition updates existing content, and adds new chapters on prenatal and newborn screening, patterns in development, and movement disorders. It also recasts chapters on toxins, fetal infections, X-linked retardation, and psychiatric