Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Introduction to Treatment of Language Disorders in Children -- Part I: Interventions Targeting Emerging Communication and Language -- 2: Hanen Programs® for Parents: Parent-Implemented Early Language Intervention -- 3: Responsivity Education/Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching -- 4: Enhanced Milieu Teaching -- 5: Focused Stimulation Approach to Language Intervention -- 6: The System for Augmenting Language: AAC and Emerging Language Intervention -- 7: Print-Referencing Interventions: A Framework for Improving Children’s Print Knowledge -- 8: Phonological Awareness Intervention: Building Foundations for Successful Early Literacy Development for Preschool Children with Speech-Language Impairment -- Part II: Interventions Targeting More Advanced Language and Literacy -- 9: Language Intervention for School-Age Bilingual Children: Principles and Application -- 10: Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Augmentative Communication -- 11: Effective Interventions for Word Decoding and Reading Comprehension -- 12: Complex Sentence Intervention -- 13: Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy: A Narrative-Based Language Intervention Program -- 14: Social Communication Intervention for Children with Language Impairment -- 15: Parameters of Service Delivery and the Strathclyde Language Intervention Program -- Glossary -- Index.

"Thoroughly updated to meet the needs of today's students in SLP courses, the second edition of this classic textbook prepares future professionals to evaluate, compare, select, and apply effective interventions for language disorders in children. Using realistic case studies and many new video clips that show each strategy in action, the expert contributors introduce your students to 14 current, research-based intervention models and examine practical ways to apply them in the field. The new edition covers interventions for both emerging communication and language and more advanced language and literacy, in a consistent chapter format that makes it easy for students to compare treatment approaches. A textbook SLPs will keep and reference often throughout their careers, this balanced, in-depth look at interventions will prepare professionals to choose and implement the best interventions for children with language disorders. YOUR STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT the theoretical and empirical basis of each intervention target populations for the intervention assessment and decision making practical requirements for implementation considerations for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds future directions STUDENT-FRIENDLY MATERIALS: A video clip to illustrate each intervention (on the included DVD and available online); case studies; learning activities that challenge students to apply their new knowledge WITH NEW CHAPTERS ON: Print-Referencing Interventions * Language Intervention for School-Age Bilingual Children * Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Augmentative Communication * Complex Sentence Intervention * Narrative Language Intervention * Social Communication Intervention for Children with Language Impairment * Strathclyde Language Intervention Program (SLIP)"-- Provided by publisher.

"This second edition provides an overview of effective interventions for targeting language disorders in children for both emerging communication and more advanced language and literacy"-- Provided by publisher.