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Let’s Talk Together
Made for parents and clinicians, Let’s Talk Together offers over 55 home activities for early speech & language development.Let’s Talk Together includes favorite language activities that take place in a child’s natural environment — including but not limited to mealtime, indoor play, outdoor play, car time, and night time routines.Incorporating language-based activities into daily routines allows parents and caregivers opportunities for repetition and the flexibility to practice these activities at a time convenient for them.
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Reading in the Brain
The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It’s even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings.
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Taking Speech Disorders to School
Most kids know someone with a speech disorder. Michael’s story helps them understand the cause and effects of his disorder and how speech therapy helps him communicate more clearly. This book has 32 colorful pages and includes “Ten Tips for Teachers” and “Kids Quiz”. Part of a series of “Special Kids in School” books.For ages 4-8; 20 pages. 2004
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Teach Me How to Say It Right
A speech-language pathologist with over 25 years experience, provides the parents of children who are unable to articulate their words correctly with the information they need to reduce child and parent anxiety, improve their child’s self-esteem, recognize problems with language skills, learn how speech sounds develop, what to expect in therapy, what may cause articulation problems, and over 50 games to help children play with sounds.Dorothy P. Dougherty, MA, CCC-SLP, is a speech and language pathologist who has worked with children and adults in school, clinical, and private settings.
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The Big Book of Exclamations
The Big Book of Exclamations is an educational children’s book designed to promote speech sound development, and imitation of gestures, sounds, and words. Unlike most books, it doesn’t have a story to read. Instead, along the bottom of each page, there are prompts which teach parents/caregivers how to act out the illustrations and interact with children using gestures, sounds, and words. This twenty-four page book is also filled with information intended to help parents understand speech and language development, and also provides resources for those seeking advice. 26 pages.
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The Handbook for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders
With this landmark textbook, speech-language pathologists will learn to apply current best evidence as they make critical decisions about the care of each individual they serve. The first text that covers this cutting-edge topic for the communication disorders field, this book introduces SLPs to the principles and process of evidence-based practice, thoroughly covering its three primary components: “external” evidence from systematic research, “internal” evidence from clinical practice, and evidence concerning patient preferences. SLPs will get the in-depth guidance they need to–
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The New Language of Toys
The revised edition presents sixty-five new toys and accompanying toy dialogues to use with children with a wide range of special needs from birth through age six. These sample toy dialogues show parents how to play purposefully with their child–using store-bought and homemade toys–to provide language learning opportunities and stimulate language development. The exercises are fun and educational, too, as parents help their child build receptive language skills (understanding), expressive language skills (communicating), and speech. 330 pages. 2004
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The Parent’s Guide to Speech and Language Problems
A definitive guide for helping your speech-impaired child, co-written by two in-the-trenches experts.When a child has communication problems–diagnosed or not–parents are first looking for a place to go for help. The Parent’s Guide to Speech and Language Problems is a one-stop resource, offering not just the most up-to-date medical information but also advice and encouragement from a mom who’s been there.Author Debbie Feit has two children with speech problems and knows what it takes to survive and thrive day-to-day as a family.
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