Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems aims to answer the questions many parents ask themselves as they try to make sense of their developing child's problems with speech and language.
Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems aims to answer the questions many parents ask themselves as they try to make sense of their developing child's problems with speech and language.
PATRICIA MCALEER HAMAGUCHI, M.A., CCC-SLP, holds a master's degree in speech-language pathology and is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for nearly thirty years and has written several books on related topics. She has a private practice in Cupertino, California, and resides nearby with her husband and two children.
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I What You Should Know and How to Get Help.
1 Speech, Language, and Listening: How They Develop.
What Is Speech?
What Is Language?
What Is Listening?
How Do Children Learn to Communicate?
Speech, Language, and Listening Milestones.
2 Does Your Child Need Help? The Warning Signs.
When to Get Help.
Warning Signs to Look For.
3 Having Your Child Evaluated.
Whom to See.
Where to Go.
The Evaluation (aka The Assessment).
Special Considerations: Testing Infants and Preschoolers.
4 After the Evaluation: Understanding Report Jargon and theIEP.
The Numbers Used to Measure Performance.
After the Evaluation: Using Public School Services in the UnitedStates.
Options for Speech and Language Therapy.
Part II Speech, Language, and Listening Problems.
5 Understanding Speech Problems.
Stuttering.
Common Pronunciation Problems.
Common Voice Problems.
6 Understanding Language Problems.
Your Baby's First Words.
Toddlers and Preschoolers with Delayed Speech or Language.
When Learning New Words Comes Slowly: Vocabulary Problems.
The "Him Not Talkin' Right" Child: Morphological andSyntax Problems.
The "Whatchamacallit, Um, Thing Over There" Child: A WordRetrieval Problem.
The "I Don't Know How to Explain It" Child: Sequencing,Referential, and Divergent Language Problems.
Social Language and Playing: When Something's Just NotRight.
7 Understanding Listening (Auditory) Problems.
The "What? Did You Say Something?" Child: A Central AuditoryProcessing Problem.
The "I Forgot What You Said" Child: An Auditory MemoryProblem.
The "I Don't Understand What I'm Supposed to Do"Child: A Language Processing Problem (AKA Receptive LanguageDelay).
8 Causes and Associated Conditions.
Common Causes of Speech, Language, and Listening Problems.
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairment, and Other SpecialConditions.
