Developmental Language Disorders Books

New and Published Books

1. Communication Sciences and Disorders

   An Introduction to the Professions

   By Dale F. Williams

   Few activities can match the complexity of human communication. Given its intricacy, it is understandable that the process will not always work properly. When it doesn't, the effects can be devastating, given how much of everyday life depends on communicating with one another. Despite its...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Psychology Press
2. Explaining Individual Differences in Reading

   Theory and Evidence

   Edited by Susan A. Brady, David Braze, Carol A. Fowler

   Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

   Research into reading development and reading disabilities has been dominated by phonologically guided theories for several decades. In this volume, the authors of 11 chapters report on a wide array of current research topics, examining the scope, limits and implications of a phonological theory....

   Published April 17th 2011 by Psychology Press
3. Therapeutic Processes for Communication Disorders

   A Guide for Clinicians and Students

   Edited by Robert J. Fourie

   Why do many people with disorders of communication experience a sense of demoralization? Do these subjective experiences have any bearing on how such problems should be treated? How can professionals dealing with speech, language, hearing and other communication disorders analyse and respond to the...

   Published November 25th 2010 by Psychology Press
4. Infant Pathways to Language

   Methods, Models, and Research Directions

   Edited by John Colombo, Peggy McCardle, Lisa Freund

   The recent progress in cognitive neuroscience, and the importance of genetic factors and gene-environment interactions in shaping behavioral functions in early childhood, have both underscored the primacy of early experience and development on brain development and function. The contributors to...

   Published October 14th 2008 by Psychology Press
5. Handbook of Child Language Disorders

   Edited by Richard G. Schwartz

   The Handbook of Child Language Disorders provides an in-depth, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art review of current research concerning the nature, assessment, and remediation of language disorders in children. The book includes chapters focusing on specific groups of childhood...

   Published September 8th 2008 by Psychology Press
6. Understanding Developmental Language Disorders

   From Theory to Practice

   Edited by Courtenay Frazier Norbury, J. Bruce Tomblin, Dorothy V.M. Bishop

   Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the most common reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of their family doctor. Although...

   Published June 30th 2008 by Psychology Press
7. Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia

   By Liliane Sprenger-Charolles, Pascale Colé, Willy Serniclaes

   Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

   Most studies on reading have been conducted with English-speaking subjects. It is crucial to also examine studies conducted in different languages, in order to highlight which aspects of reading acquisition and dyslexia appear to be language-specific, and which are universal. Reading Acquisition...

   Published October 25th 2006 by Psychology Press
8. Language Disorders From a Developmental Perspective

   Essays in Honor of Robin S. Chapman

   Edited by Rhea Paul

   Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

   The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion of research at the intersection of typical language development and child language disorders. A pioneer in bringing these fields of study together is Robin S. Chapman, Emerita, University of Wisconsin. This contributed volume honors her with chapters...

   Published September 28th 2006 by Psychology Press
9. Twenty-First Century Psycholinguistics

   Four Cornerstones

   Edited by Anne Cutler

   Psycholinguistics is an interdisciplinary field, and hence relationships are at its heart. First and foremost is the relationship between its two parent disciplines, psychology and linguistics, a relationship which has changed and advanced over the half century of the field's independent existence....

   Published June 28th 2005 by Routledge
10. Beyond Nature-Nurture

    Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates

    Edited by Michael Tomasello, Dan Isaac Slobin

    Beyond Nature-Nurture: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates is a very special tribute to the University of California at San Diego psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist Elizabeth Ann Bates, who died on December 14, 2003 from pancreatic cancer. Liz was a force of nature;...

    Published August 22nd 2004 by Psychology Press