TY - BOOK AU - Owens,Robert E. TI - Language disorders: a functional approach to assessment and intervention in children SN - 9781635504132 U1 - 618.928 55 OWE 23/eng/20220826 PY - 2024/// CY - San Diego, CA PB - Plural Publishing, Inc. KW - Language Disorders KW - Language Therapy KW - Child KW - Infant N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -