Aimed at professionals in special education, speech language pathology, psychology, psychiatry, and occupational therapy, this guide reviews a variety of options for helping children with language impairments. Each chapter covers a technique and includes an explanation of eligible candidates and the treatment method, a critical review, and case histories. Editor Wankoff (linguistics and communication disorders, Queens College, CUNY) concludes the volume with a clinical overview and a discussion of the controversies surrounding particular treatment methods.
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