A Speech Guide For Teachers And Clinicians Of Hearing Impaired Children

This concise manual presents auditory, visual, and tactile strategies for teaching speech to children with hearing impairments. The material is organized by phoneme and includes: * a clear illustration of articulator placement for each phoneme * a description of prerequisite skills * methods of teaching from sound approximations * detailed teaching strategies organized into auditory, visual, and tactile categories The manual notes common problems and solutions for each phoneme and lists target words to facilitate initial attempts at sound production.

Provides information and methods for teachers to effectively meet the educational needs of children with speech, language and hearing problems.

A valuable reference for students and clinicians, Intervention in Child Language Disorders: A Comprehensive Handbook focuses on interventions that have been shown to be effective in helping children overcome language impairments. The Handbook is comprehensive with regard to children's ages, covering language disorders in children from infancy to high school age. Addressing fundamental principles and clinical practice methods, this indispensable resource presents creative clinical ideas and treatment examples based on a firm theoretical foundation. Intervention in Child Language Disorders: A Comprehensive Handbook discusses language disorders resulting from a wide range of etiologies, including learning disabilities, mental retardation, physical impairments, autism, hearing impairments, brain injury and specific language impairments. This comprehensive and informative text will help students and speech-language pathologists provide optimal interventions for children with language disorders.