Speech and language therapy : [Book] : the decision-making process when working with children / edited by Myra Kersner and Jannet A. Wright.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-236) and index.

Part I. Learning How to be a Professional: Decision-making process in speech and language therapy -- Developing as a speech language therapist -- First job: bridging the gap -- Part II. Management in Different Settings: Managing pre-school children in community settings -- Roles of speech and language therapists working in community clinics, child development centres and hospitals -- Working with children with speech, language and communication needs in school settings -- Managing children individually or in groups -- Part III. Working with Others: Working with parents -- Working with other practitioners -- Part IV. Assessing and Managing Children with Communication Problems: Working with children with specific speech impairments -- Children with autism spectrum disorders -- Working with children with language delay and specific language impairment -- Working with deaf children -- Multicultural issues in assessment and management -- Children with communication problems and additional emotional / behavioural problems -- Working with children with written language difficulties -- Cleft palate and velopharyngeal anomalies -- Children who stammer -- Children with severe learning disabilities -- Children with acquired speech and language problems -- Augmentative and alternative communication -- Children with feeding difficulties.

"The new edition of this seminal textbook reflects how recent research and changes in health and education services have affected the decision-making process in the assessment and management of children with speech and language problems. Individual chapters written by experts in their field illustrate how the decisions made by practitioners may vary within different work settings and how they may need to be adapted when working with specific client groups. They also show how such decisions are part of effective evidence-based practice. The book provides an overview of the skills required by the developing professional and offers insight into working as a newly qualified therapist in the current job market. The ways in which speech and language therapists work with colleagues from other disciplines are also considered. An important textbook for speech and language therapy students, potential students and specialist teachers in training, Speech and Language Therapy: the decision-making process when working with children will also be relevant to newly qualified therapists, therapists returning to the profession, specialist teachers and Special Educational Needs Coordinators. "-- Provided by publisher.

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