1st Edition
Children Communicating The First 5 Years
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering a unique focus on the development of human communication, this book integrates and synthesizes a more comprehensive array of research than most investigations of communicative development. As such, it incorporates materials dealing with the development of nonverbal communication, language, and cognition, and examines how they are integrated in the growing child's everyday interaction.... Read more
Contents: Preface. B.B. Haslett, Basic Concepts: Communication, Cognition, and Language. Nonverbal Communication: Its Origins and Development. The Development of Language. Developing Verbal Communication. Developing Communicative Knowledge. W. Samter, B.B. Haslett, Family Influences on Communicative and Social Development. W. Samter, Conceptions of Friendship: A Developmental Perspective. W. Samter, Doing Friendship. B.B. Haslett, W. Samter, Parenting: Principles and Practices.
Biography
Beth Bonniwell Haslett and Wendy Samter
"...the text fills a gap in the source material on communication development. It is one of the more complete references on the early years to appear in the communication discipline. I commend Haslett and Samter for an excellent reference work."
—Julie Yingling,"Haslett and Samter have written a cogent treatise on the communication of children. Not only is it readable, but the way in which it is written will engage readers in learning more about children and the nuances of how and why they communicate....Highly recommended."
—CHOICE
