Overview
This revised and updated volume in the Clinical Competence Series is a valuable resource for use in the care and treatment of individuals with articulation and phonological disorders. Covering articulation and phonological disorders that span client ages, populations, and settings, this text is ideal for both clinical use and in communication sciences programs. In addition to updating information from the first edition, the second edition adds two new chapters, providing an overview of speech and its disorders and addressing how children develop speech perception and production skills for communication. New to the Edition New Chapter 1: Foundations of Care, describes the social, linguistic, and biological foundations that underlie clinical care as described in this book. New Chapter 3: Speech Development, contains extensive discussion and clinically useful tables showing developmental milestones in speech perception and production, the connection between speech perception and production, and speech for purposes of communication. Updated references New appendices Revises section on distinguishing dialect from disorder and varieties of American English
Full Product Details
Author: Ken Bleile (University of Northern Iowa)
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Singular Publishing Group Inc.
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.20cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.722kg
ISBN: 9780769302560
ISBN 10: 0769302564
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 19 December 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Spiral bound
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Foreword. Preface to the 2nd Edition. Preface to the 1st Edition. Acknowledgments. Dedication. Speech and its Disorders: An Overview. Speech Development. Describing Speech. Screening and Assessment. Analysis. Treatment Principles. Facilitative Techniques. Options in Assessment and Treatment. References. Index.
Author Information
Ken Bleile is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Northern Iowa, and has served as a visiting scholar in universities in Turkey, Singapore, Russia, and New Zealand. During summers Dr. Bleile often leads study abroad groups to provide speech and language services to children in orphanages and schools in developing countries, most recently in Nicaragua. Dr. Bleile is a recipient of the State of Iowa's Regent's Scholar Award, is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and a recipient of the Multicultural Board's Diversity Champion Award. He serves as an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and is the former Chair of ASHA's International Issues Board. Dr. Bleile publishes widely on speech development, international issues, and communication disorders in children with medical needs and developmental disabilities. Recent publications include The Neurological Foundations of Language, The International Directory of Communicative Disorders, and The Late Eight.
