About the Author
1 Introduction
2 Core skills for speech and language therapists
3 The care pathway from referral to discharge
4 Professional organisations and equity, diversity and belonging
5 Academic learning, clinical skills learning and reflective practice
6 Speech Sound Disorders
7 Children’s Language Difficulties, Developmental Language Disorder and adult aphasia
8 Bilingualism and Speech, Language and Communication Needs
9 Specialisms within speech and language therapy
10 Frequently asked questions
Appendix 1: List of membership organisations across the globe
Appendix 2: Procedure for assessing children’s speech including English age norms
Appendix 3: The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2015)
Index
Biography
Dr Sean Pert is Consultant Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), researcher, trainer and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Since qualifying in 1995, he has specialised in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in bilingual children, completing a PhD on the lack of code-switching as a clinical marker of DLD. His publications include research papers, book chapters, clinical assessments in multiple languages and influential textbooks. Sean established the first website for SLTs in the UK, www.speechtherapy.co.uk.
