Includes bibliographical references and index.

A functional language approach -- Language disorders -- Language disorders associated with other disorders -- Early communication intervention -- Assessment of preschool and school-age children with language disorders -- Language sampling -- Language sample analysis (LSA) -- Assessment of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds -- A functional intervention model -- Manipulating context -- Specific intervention techniques -- Classroom functional intervention -- Literacy impairments : language in a visual mode.

"Thoroughly updated to meet the needs of today's students in communication sciences and disorders programs, Language Disorders: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Intervention, in Children, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive overview of language disorders and clinical practice with a focus on the child's overall communication effectiveness. Unlike other texts that have a disorder-specific focus, this book emphasizes a functional and holistic approach to assessment and intervention by shifting the perspective to how a child uses the language feature targeted and how assessment can consider language as it's used. The author presents intervention methods in a system of least prompts, followed by information on each area of language and literacy. Generalization is foremost throughout the text"-- Provided by publisher.