Children's Speech Sound Disorders

Speaking directly to experienced and novice clinicians,educators and students in speech-language pathology/speech andlanguage therapy via an informative essay-based approach,Children's Speech Sound Disorders provides concise,easy-to-understand explanations of key aspects of theclassification, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of articulationdisorders, phonological disorders and childhood apraxia of speech.It also includes a range of searching questions to internationalexperts on their work in the child speech field.
This new edition of Children's Speech SoundDisorders is meticulously updated and expanded. It includes new material on Apps, assessing and treatingtwo-year-olds, children acquiring languages other than English andworking with multilingual children, communities of practice incommunication sciences and disorders, distinguishing delay fromdisorder, linguistic sciences, counselling and managing difficultbehaviour, and the neural underpinnings of and new approaches totreating CAS.
This bestselling guide includes:
* Case vignettes and real-world examples to place topics incontext
* Expert essays by sixty distinguished contributors
* A companion website for instructors atwww.wiley.com/go/bowen/speechlanguagetherapy and a range ofsupporting materials on the author's own site atspeech-language-therapy.com
Drawing on a range of theoretical, research and clinicalperspectives and emphasising quality client care and evidence-basedpractice, Children's Speech Sound Disorders is acomprehensive collection of clinical nuggets, hands-on strategies,and inspiration.