The Working With series provides speech and language therapists with a range of ‘go-to’ resources, full of well-sourced, up-to-date information regarding specific disorders. Underpinned by robust theoretical foundations and supported by intervention options and exercises, every book ensures that the reader has access to the latest thinking regarding diagnosis, management and treatment options.
Written in a fully accessible style, each book bridges theory and practice and offers ready-to-use and well-rehearsed practical material, including guidance on interventions, management advice, and therapeutic resources for the client, parent or carer. The series is an invaluable resource for practitioners, whether speech and language therapy students, or more experienced clinicians.
By Susan McCool
September 04, 2023
In children, mental health challenges and communication differences typically combine in complex and inter-related ways. Remarkably, this crucial point is all-too-often forgotten, and communication is overlooked. Services are frequently fragmented, leading professionals to look at children through ...
By Jacqui Learoyd, Karen Bryan
July 31, 2023
This book offers guidance for speech and language therapists and other professionals who are either working in a Criminal Justice Setting, or who are interested to know more about this dynamic and rewarding client group. The Criminal Justice System (CJS) includes police custody, community services,...
By Matthew Mills, Sean Pert
July 12, 2023
This book is an essential resource for those new to, developing and established in the field of trans voice. Presented in a workbook style and packed with practical exercises for the practitioner to engage with, it explores and explains how to work with clients effectively, while also developing ...
By Sally Mordi
July 10, 2023
This book focuses on appreciating the different language and communication style of autistic youngsters and discusses how therapists can respond to and support this to get the best out of their practice. Each chapter begins with a summary of key points and areas to focus on, includes ‘what to do’ ...
By Sharon Adjei-Nicol
March 21, 2023
Global aphasia is the most severe and disabling form of aphasia, yet it has had the least attention within aphasia research and rehabilitation. This practical book provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the topic based on both clinical observations and the literature to date. ...
By Sean Pert
December 20, 2022
The complexity of speech and language disorders can be daunting in a monolingual context. When working with a bilingual child assessment and intervention may appear to be even more complicated. In this book Sean Pert provides the reader with the tools needed to overcome this perception and develop ...
By Kidge Burns, Sarah Northcott
July 19, 2022
Solution focused brief therapy is an evidence-based approach that enables people to make meaningful change in their everyday lives. This book shares ideas on how speech and language therapists and others working in medical settings can integrate SFBT into their therapeutic interactions to support ...
By Rebecca Allwood
June 28, 2022
This accessible resource offers valuable guidance for all student and practising speech and language therapists (SLTs)who are working with older people with communication and swallowing difficulties. Chapters provide up-to-date theory on age-related changes alongside practical strategies for ...
By Diana Williams
September 29, 2021
This revised and updated second edition of Working with Children’s Language has been created to support practitioners who work with young children with delayed language acquisition. Rooted in a developmental theory of language learning, it covers topics such as attention control and listening, the ...
By Stephanie Martin
December 16, 2020
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Working with Voice Disorders offers practical insight and direction into all aspects of voice disorders, from assessment and diagnosis to intervention and case management. Using evidence-based material, it provides clinicians with pragmatic, ...
By Alex Kelly
January 29, 2003
A comprehensive and practical resource for all speech and language therapists and students, this book covers all aspects of working with this client group. Written by the author of the hugely successful "Talkabout", each section gives the reader a theoretical background of the subject under ...
By Trudy Stewart, Jackie Turnbull
January 28, 2011
This extensively revised edition is now an up-to-date clinical text, with ideas on relating theory to current practice. It is an invaluable resource for those working with children who are dysfluent, containing revised chapters on all stages of dysfluency and practical ideas and suggestions for ...
