Language Development and Language Impairment

<i>Language Development and Language Impairment</i> offers a problem-based introduction to the assessment and treatment of a wide variety of childhood language developmental disorders.<br /><br /> <ul> <li>Focuses for the most part on the pre-school years, the period during which the foundations for language development are laid</li> <li>Uses a problem-based approach, designed  to motivate students to find the information they need to identify and explore learning issues that a particular speech or language issue raises</li> <li>Examines the development of a child’s phonological system, the growth of vocabulary, the development of grammar, and issues related to conversational and narrative competence</li> <li>Integrates information on typical and atypical language development</li> </ul>