Supporting Children's Speech, Language and Communication Needs

This is the definitive text on understanding and supporting children's speech, language and communication needs. Written by experts, it presents evidence-based approaches in a highly accessible format. Comprehensive, authoritative and up to date, the book will prove indispensable for students and practitioners in speech and language therapy.

Susan McCool is a Principal Teaching Fellow in speech and language therapy at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. She is the author of Working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health: The Central Role of Language and Communication.

List of contributors Introduction Susan McCool Part 1: Understanding and supporting children's speech, language and communication needs Chapter 1: Understanding and supporting children's speech, language and communication Susan McCool Chapter 2: A 'whole systems' approach to meeting speech, language and communication needs Marie Gascoigne Chapter 3: Inclusive communication Kim Hartley Kean Chapter 4: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Janice Murray Chapter 5: Communication partners Hayley Moroke Chapter 6: So what? And Prove It! Evidencing impact Marie Gascoigne Part 2: Speech Chapter 7: Speech Sound Disorders (SSDs) Joanne Cleland and Helen Stringer Chapter 8: Voice Wendy Cohen Part 3: Language Chapter 9: Promoting early language development Sheena Reilly and Cristina McKean Chapter 10: Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Courtenay Norbury and Susan Ebbels Part 4: Communication Chapter 11: Severe and profound learning disabilities (a school-based approach) Rachel Sawford and Ann Miles Chapter 12: Stammering Ben Bolton-Grant Chapter 13: Neurodivergent childrena neuro-affirming lens on autism, ADHD and beyond Lynne Bremner and Marion Rutherford Chapter 14: Social, emotional and mental health needs Susan McCool Part 5: Selected populations with specialist needs Chapter 15: Deaf children Sarah Beazley and Judy Halden Chapter 16: Cleft lip and palate Stephanie van Eeden and Julie Davies Chapter 17: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Katherine Buckeridge, Helen Cullimore, Lucy Cuthbertson and Rhiannon Halfpenny Chapter 18: Childhood onset eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties Diane Sellers, Ailish Harrison, Sally Morgan and Mari Viviers