Main description:

Language, Literacy, and Learning: Theory and Application is an academic textbook for graduate students studying speech-language pathology and a useful clinical resource for practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This text explores how aspects of orthography and word learning relate to speech production and reading comprehension in children and adults with typical development or language learning differences. It is essential that SLPs assess and treat language and literacy skills in their clients. Unlike other books, this text is designed to help SLPs build their own skillsets in facilitating the development of the literacy skills that are crucial for navigating educational, vocational, and recreational experiences.

This evidence-based resource includes clinical examples to support chapter information, with a focus on the science of reading and writing, typical and exceptional reading and writing development, and assessments and interventions for individuals with reading and writing differences. The author uses a student-friendly writing style that promotes learning at various levels of thinking: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

Contents:

Foreword
Reviewers

Chapter 1. From Decorated Rocks to Dyslexia Research: The Evolution of Reading and Writing

Chapter 2. The View From a Mountain Road: The Neurobiology and Neurophysiology of Reading and Writing

Chapter 3. "Never the Same Again:" The Phenomenon of Orthographic Interference

Chapter 4. "I Call 'Em as I See 'Em:" How Reading Interacts With Other Language and Developmental Processes

Chapter 5. From Snapshots to Sounds to Sight Words: The Typical Development of Reading, Writing, and Spelling

Chapter 6. Exceptional Reading I: Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

Chapter 7. Exceptional Reading II: Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Developmental Dyslexia

Chapter 8. Exceptional Reading III: "What Color is Oakley Avenue?" and Other Reading Differences

Chapter 9. When You Are Concerned About a Child's Reading or Writing: Overview of Assessment Techniques

Chapter 10. Putting It All Together: Tools for Teaching Reading and Writing

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