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Language and communication in the mentally handicapped / edited by Paul Berry. - London : Edward Arnold, 1976. - viii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contributors // Preface // Acknowledgments // Introduction // Assessment for language learning // Receptive language development in the mentally handicapped // Intimation of language by mentally handicapped children : a language assesment technique // An initial survey of the language of ESN (S) children in Manchester : the results of a teachers workshop // Against verbal enrichment // Aspects of remdial language teaching : three examples // a study of language learning through intimation // Approaches to the analysis of teacher language in the ESN (S) classroom // Patterns of interaction in the mentally handicapped // Parent child interaction in the mentally handicapped // Implications of language research for teacher training // Index //

ISBN: 0713158581 : £7.50 071315859X (pbk.)

LCCN: 76377590

Nat. Bib. No.: GB76-20520

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children with mental disabilities--Education.
Language arts.
Children with mental disabilities--Language.
People with mental disabilities--Means of communication.

LC Class. No.: LC4616 / .L28 1976b

Dewey Class. No.: 371.92 BER; 1