For courses in speech and language intervention, language disorders and reading disorders Written by leading experts, this edition maintains a strong clinical focus and thorough coverage of the identification, assessment, and treatment of reading and writing disorders.
Fully updated, this edition includes a new chapter on reading comprehension, a new chapter on spelling, and consolidated information on defining and classifying reading disabilities. New sections feature the latest on comprehension development, RTI, auditory processing deficits, literate vocabulary, and cognitive linguistic skills in writing. Offering the varied perspective of well-known contributors, the text successfully keeps pace with the rapid changes in the knowledge of language and reading disabilities and provides readers with the most up-to-date advances in the field.
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors and Affiliations
- CHAPTER 1: Language and Reading: Convergences and Divergences
- CHAPTER 3: Defining and Classifying Reading Disabilities
- CHAPTER 4: Causes of Reading Disabilities
- CHAPTER 5: Assessment and Instruction for Phonemic Awareness and Word Recognition Skills
- CHAPTER 6: Perspectives on Assessing and Improving Reading Comprehension
- CHAPTER 7: Assessing and Remediating Text Comprehension Problems
- CHAPTER 8: Spelling Assessment and Intervention: A Multiple Linguistic Approach to Improving Literacy Outcomes
- CHAPTER 9: Learning to Write
- CHAPTER 10: Developing Knowledge and Skills for Writing
- Appendix 10.1
- References
- Index
About the Author :
Alan G. Kamhi, Ph.D. Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Hugh W. Catts, Ph.D. Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Cheryl M. Scott, Ph.D. Department of Communication Disorders, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Carol E. Westby, Ph.D. Research Center for Family and Community, Albuquerque, NM
Stephanie Al Otaiba, Ph. D. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Marcia L. Kosanovich Ph. D. Florida Center for Reading Research, Tallahassee, FL
Joe K. Torgesen, PhD. Florida Center for Reading, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Suzanne L. Adlof, Ph.D. University of Kansa, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders, Lawrence, Kansas
Kenn Apel, PhD
Danielle Brimo, M.A School of Communication Science and Disorders, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Julie Masterson, PhD, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
