Communication before Speech

First published in 1998. This is the second edition Communication Before Speech and reflects the new developments in the fields of language acquisition and learning disabilities. Pragmatics, the functional use of communication, has become central to much communicative intervention. Resettlement of people with learning disabilities into the community has been associated with an increased interest in work with adults, particularly those with behaviour that challenges services.

O'Kane, Judith Coupe; Goldbart, Juliet

Chapter 1 Re-examining the development of early communication; Chapter 2 The Affective Communication Assessment: ACA; Chapter 3 Communication for a purpose; Chapter 4 Playing in the zone: using routines to develop early communication skills; Chapter 5 Teaching first meanings; Chapter 6 Assessment of early communication; Chapter 7 From assessment to intervention: examples of the use of the Early Communication Assessment (ECA); Chapter 8;