Here is a collection of practical resources that you will use daily when working with children or adults with communication disorders- autism, apraxia, stuttering, and more. Includes suggestions for integrating language development activities into the reading curriculum, strategies for working with bilingual/multicultural populations, information about African American English, communication differences, etc.
Contents
Part 1 - Vocabulary
This section includes lists of common word categories, nouns organized by category, descriptive words, basic concepts, adverbs, conjunctions, curriculum vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, homographs, and MORE!
Part 2 - Everyday Phrases and Idiomatic Expressions
This section offers lists of similes, common idiomatic expressions, idiom categories, and phrasal verbs.
Part 3 - Language Structure
This section includes lists of prefixes and suffixes, past tense verbs, contractions, and regular and irregular plurals.
Part 4 - Sound Awareness and Production
This section includes developmental norms for phonemes and phonological processes, observational record forms, word lists, lists of consonant contrasts, phonograms, difficult to pronounce words, and other practical tools.
Part 5 - Language and the Curriculum
This section includes lists related to literacy, working with bilingual children, building functional communication skills, and MORE.
Part 6 - Working with Culturally Diverse Student Populations
This section includes practical resources for distinguishing language differences from disorders and working with culturally and linguistically diverse students.