This second edition provides an overview of effective interventions for targeting language disorders in children for both emerging communication and more advanced language and literacy.
Thoroughly updated to meet the needs of today’s students in SLP courses, the second edition of this classic textbook prepares future professionals to evaluate, compare, select, and apply effective interventions for language disorders in children. Using realistic case studies and many new video clips that show each strategy in action, the expert contributors introduce your students to 14 current, research-based intervention models and examine practical ways to apply them in the field. The new edition covers interventions for both emerging communication and language and more advanced language and literacy, in a consistent chapter format that makes it easy for students to compare treatment approaches. A textbook SLPs will keep and reference often throughout their careers, this balanced, in-depth look at interventions will prepare professionals to choose and implement the best interventions for children with language disorders.

YOUR STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT
• the theoretical and empirical basis of each intervention
• target populations for the intervention
• assessment and decision making
• practical requirements for implementation
• considerations for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• future directions