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Therapeutic Processes for Communication Disorders
A Guide for Clinicians and Students
- Edited by Robert Fourie.
Published November 2010
Why do many people with disorders of communication experience a sense of demoralization? Do these subjective experiences have any bearing on how such problems should be treated? How can professionals dealing with speech, language, hearing and other communication disorders analyse and respond to the…
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The Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes
Perspectives in Communication Disorders
- Edited by Jackie Guendouzi, Filip Loncke and Mandy J. Williams.
Published September 2010
This handbook includes an overview of those areas of cognition and language processing that are relevant to the field of communication disorders, and provides examples of theoretical approaches to problems and issues in communication disorders.
The first section includes a collection of chapters…
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Scoring Software for the Comprehensive Aphasia Test
- By Robin Keith, and Elise Croot.
Published August 2010
The Scoring Software for the Comprehensive Aphasia Test makes scoring CAT assessments easy. Enter results from the CAT scoring book into the easy-to-use spreadsheet and the software instantly calculates totals and t-scores and produces three graphs that can be shared with clients and their families…
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A Tribute to the Quintessential Researcher, Clinician, and Mentor: Audrey Holland
A Special Issue of Aphasiology
- Series Edited by Laura Murray.
Published April 2010
The purpose of this special issue of Aphasiology is to honour Dr. Audrey Holland and her prolific research and clinical achievements over the past 50 years. The issue has been constructed to exemplify the breadth of Dr. Holland’s influence not only in terms of research topics (e.g., aphasia,…
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Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
A Special Issue of Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
- Edited by Ralf Schlosser, and Jeff Sigafoos.
Published January 2010
Many national professional organizations of speech-language pathologists have adopted evidence-based practice (EBP) as the preferred approach to clinical practice. This mandate brings with it an added responsibility for university programs because they need to prepare future generations of…
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Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders
- Edited by Amy L. Weiss.
Published December 2009
This volume examines the ramifications of individual differences in therapy outcomes for a wide variety of communication disorders. In an era where evidence-based practice is the clinical profession's watchword, each chapter attacks this highly relevant issue from a somewhat different…
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Phonology for Communication Disorders
- By Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller and Ben Rutter.
Published November 2009
This textbook describes the approaches to phonology that are most relevant to communication disorders. It examines schools of thought in theoretical phonology, and their relevance to description, explanation and remediation in the clinical context.
A recurring theme throughout the book is the…
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Expository Discourse in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Development and Disorders
- Edited by Marilyn A. Nippold, and Cheryl M. Scott.
Published October 2009
School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse -- the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written modalities. This occurs, for example, when high school students read their textbooks and listen to their teachers' lectures, and later are…
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Progressive Language Impairments: Intervention and Management
A Special Issue of Aphasiology
- Edited by Lyndsey Nickels, and Karen Croot.
Published March 2009
Progressive language impairments comprise a broad range of symptoms of impaired language processing that worsen over time as a result of neurodegenerative disease, and that range from impaired knowledge of the concepts underlying language through reading and writing difficulties to impaired ability…
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Dementia
From Diagnosis to Management - A Functional Approach
- By Michelle S. Bourgeois, and Ellen Hickey.
Published February 2009
Dementia: From Diagnosis to Management - A Functional Approach is a comprehensive description of a functional and behavioral approach to assessing and treating persons with dementia. While very practical, the information is embedded in a scientific context of the causes, neuropsychological…
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