Adolescents with Language and Learning Needs
A Problem-solving Approach
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
275 pages
978-1-56593-888-5 (ISBN)
Description
Presents an approach for working with adolescents with language and learning needs using problem-solving as the focus. The text discusses informal and formal language assessment together with principles of intervention and language strategies for extended discourse.
Presents an approach for working with adolescents with language and learning needs using problem-solving as the focus. The text discusses informal and formal language assessment together with principles of intervention and language strategies for extended discourse.
Presents an approach for working with adolescents with language and learning needs using problem-solving as the focus. The text discusses informal and formal language assessment together with principles of intervention and language strategies for extended discourse.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56593-888-5 (9781565938885)
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Content
Prologue - a vignette with an adolescent; problem solving as an appropriate basis for collaboration; the shoulder to shoulder quality of the collaboration; some adolescents and young adults appropriate for this approach; using interviews and questionnaires as assessment tools; formal and informal measures as assessment tools; principles and issues in intervention; language strategies for extended discourse; the efficacy of using this approach with different populations; regrouping for independent problem solving - "Who's Driving the Car?" transitions - understanding needs and advocating for accommodations; epilogue - revisit the original scenario with conclusions about and implications of this approach with adolescents and young adults.