Language for Thinking: A Structured Approach for Young Children - Softcover

Parsons, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863885756 ISBN 13: 9780863885754

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

While most children develop verbal reasoning skills with relative ease, others find it more challenging. Verbal reasoning is particularly difficult for children who are recognised as having delayed language skills, specific language impairment, Autistic Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger's Syndrome), pragmatic language impairment or moderate learning difficulties. Children with less obvious oral language difficulties may begin to struggle when they start to read. This photocopiable resource provides a clear structure to assist teachers, SENCOs, learning support assistants and speech language therapists in developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract. It is based on fifty picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities. Quick, practical and easy to use in the classroom, this programme can be used with individual children, in small groups or can form the basis of a literacy lesson or speech language therapy session. Question sheets are carefully structured to promote children's development of inference, verbal reasoning and thinking skills. The three parallel assessments of spoken and written language can be used to assess each child's starting level and then to monitor progress; score forms and worksheets for each lesson are included.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Parsons is currently working in London as Speech Language Therapy Team Manager at City and Hackney Teaching PCT. He graduated from Flinders University in Australia and has since worked in Australia as well as the UK. He has extensive experience of working in language resources bases, mainstream schools and special schools. Anna Branagan is Clinical Lead Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at City and Hackney Teaching PCT. She has experience of mainstream schools, language resource bases and Sure Start.

Review

"Teachers will find this book very useful. It provides practical ideas that they can use in the classroom to develop children"s speaking and listening skills in a structured way." Carolyn Maples, Headteacher Ofsted Inspector "I can"t wait to start using this...will also heartily recommend it to colleagues...another most excellent and useful addition." Jill McMinn, NAPLIC "This programme is very clearly laid out and easy to understand and score. It"s excellent as a classroom based assessment." Independent Talking Points "This resource is useful and relevant in clinics and schools...value for money...versatile and practical." Zoe Duckett and Carolyn Angell, SLTs Speech and Language Therapy in Practice "clearly laid out, easy-to-use book...programme is well designed...a welcome addition to the repertoire of resources for use with this client group." Bulletin "The resource is aimed at children between 4 and 7 years of age and can be extended for use with children up to 11 years of age who have additional learning difficulties." - International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0863885756
• ISBN 13: 9780863885754
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204