Language and Reading Disabilities: Pearson New International Edition - Softcover

Kamhi, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292021985 ISBN 13: 9781292021980

Publisher: Pearson, 2013

Synopsis

For courses in speech and language intervention, language disorders, reading disorders and special education. Written by leading experts, this third edition maintains a strong clinical focus and thorough coverage of the identification, assessment, and treatment of reading and writing disorders. Fully updated, this edition includes a new chapter on reading comprehension, a new chapter on spelling, and consolidated information on defining and classifying reading disabilities. New sections feature the latest on comprehension development, RTI, auditory processing deficits, literate vocabulary, and cognitive linguistic skills in writing. Offering the varied perspective of well-known contributors, the text successfully keeps pace with the rapid changes in the knowledge of language and reading disabilities and provides readers with the most up-to-date advances in the field.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Now more than ever, increased attention has been given to students achieving adequate levels of reading proficiency. Maintaining its strong clinical and research basis, the third edition of Language and Reading Disabilities successfully keeps pace with the rapid changes in our knowledge about language and reading disabilities by providing readers with the most up-to-date advances in research and instruction in reading disabilities. This edition continues to cover a wide variety of theories by comparing and noting the similarities and differences between spoken and written language. This text is broad-based in its coverage of identification, assessment, and treatment of reading and writing disorders.

 

New to This Edition:

 

• A new chapter on reading comprehension (Chapter 6) addresses definitional issues that affect the way reading is assessed and taught. Additionally, a model of comprehension is presented to help readers develop appropriate measures of understanding.
• A new chapter on spelling (Chapter 8) covers the innovative 4-block model of spelling while also providing numerous suggestions to help readers assess and treat students with spelling difficulties.
• Updated and consolidated information on defining and classifying reading disabilities has been incorporated into a new, stand-alone chapter (Chapter 3).
• Expanded information about RTI and subgroups of poor readers has been added to Chapter 3.
• New topics include comprehension development (Chapter 2), RTI and subgroups of poor readers (Chapter 3), auditory processing deficits and poor comprehenders (Chapter 4), development of literate vocabulary and complex syntactic structures (Chapter 7), and cognitive linguistic skills in writing (Chapter 10).
• An updated Chapter 9 now includes additional instructions about how to write genre-specific texts.

About the Author

Author Bio

 

Alan G. Kamhi, Ph.D.            

Department of Communication

University of North Carolina at                               

Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

 

Hugh W. Catts, Ph.D.

Department of Speech-Language-                          

Hearing: Sciences and  Disorders                

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS                      

 

Contributors

Cheryl M. Scott, Ph.D.

Department of Communication Disorders

Rush University Medical Center,

Chicago, IL

 

Carol E. Westby, Ph.D.  

Research Center for Family and Community      

Albuquerque, NM

 

Stephanie Al Otaiba, Ph. D.

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

 

Marcia L. Kosanovich Ph. D.

Florida Center for Reading Research

Tallahassee, FL

 

Joe K. Torgesen, PhD.

Florida Center for Reading  Research                       

Florida State University,

Tallahassee, FL

              

 Suzanne L. Adlof, Ph.D.

University of Kansas

Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders,

Lawrence, Kansas

 

Kenn Apel, PhD;  Danielle Brimo, M.A.

School of Communication Science and Disorders,

The Florida State University,

Tallahassee, FL

 

Julie Masterson, PhD

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Missouri State University,

Springfield, MO

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1292021985
• ISBN 13: 9781292021980
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 328