Synopsis
This book serves as an introduction to topics related to typical and atypical language development that is considered most important to those with the potential to participate in the clinical service provision continuum. The broad topics would include (a) definition and description of language, (b) theories of language development, (c) precursors for language development, (d) language skills, which include prelinguistic, earlier and later linguistic, and metalinguistic, (e) collaborative professional relationships, (f) language delays, disorders, and differences, (g) aspects of the process of evaluation, and (h) aspects of the process of intervention.
About the Author
Dr. Cheryl D. Gunter, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, earned her doctoral degree from The University of Texas in Austin, TX. She is a member of the faculty in the Department of Communicative Disorders at West Chester University in West Chester, PA, where she holds the rank of Professor. Dr. Mareile A. Koenig, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, BCBA, earned her doctoral degree from The University of Illinois in Urbana, IL. She is a member of the faculty in the Department of Communicative Disorders at West Chester University in West Chester, PA, where she holds the rank of Associate Professor.
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