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Informationen zum Autor Jack S. Damico is the Doris B. Hawthorne Eminent Scholar in Communicative Disorders and Special Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is co-editor of the Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders . His books include Childhood Language Disorders (1995), Clinical Aphasiology: Future Directions (co-edited with M. Ball, 2007), and Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners (co-authored with E. Hamayan, B. Marler, and C. Sanchez-Lopez, 2007). Nicole Müller is a Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is the founder-editor of the Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders, and is now a co-editor, with Martin J. Ball, of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics . She is co-author of Approaches to Discourse in Dementia (2005), and co-editor of The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne-BoRSF Endowed Professor, and Director of the Hawthorne Center for Research in Communicative Disorders, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. his most recent books are Clinical Sociolinguistics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005), Phonetics for Communication Disorders (co-authored with N. Müller, 2005) and Critical Concepts in Clinical Linguistics (co-edited with Tom Powell, 2009) Klappentext Through contributions from leading experts in the fields of communication science, The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey detailing the state of the art in speech, language, and cognitive/intellectual disorders.* Provides the first in-depth exploration of the rapidly expanding field of communication disorders* Examines the current debates, landmark studies, and central themes in the discipline, including analytical methods and assessment* Includes contributions from more than 20 leading scholars to provide an extraordinary breadth of coverage of this growing, multi-disciplinary field* Features a "foundations" section that deals with issues of central importance to all research in the field, including social and practical considerations in classification and diversity, genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey of the latest research in communication disorders. Reflecting the rapid advances in the field, the Handbook features in-depth coverage of the major disorders of language and speech, including perception. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures vii Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball Part I Foundations 9 1 Social and Practical Considerations in Labeling 11 Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball 2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders 38 Brian A. Goldstein and Ramonda Horton-Ikard 3 Intervention for Children with Auditory or Visual Sensory Impairments 57 Laura W. Kretschmer and Richard R. Kretschmer 4 Intelligibility Impairments 99 Megan Hodge and Tara Whitehill 5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders 115 Vesna Stojanovik 6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention 131 Bonnie Brinton and Martin Fujiki Part II Language Disorders 151 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders: The State of the Art 153 John Muma and Steven Cloud 8 Delayed Language Development in Preschool Children 178 Deborah Weiss and Rhea Paul 9 Specifi c Language Impairment 210 Sandra L. Gillam and Alan G. Kamhi 10 Pragmatic Impairment 227 Michael R. Perkins 11 Learning Disabilities 247
