Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties: A Psycholinguistic Framework by Joy

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This work presents a systematic hypothesis testing approach to assessing phonological processing skills in children. Principles of psycholinguistic/cognitive neuropsychological testing are introduced through a series of activities aimed at heightening awareness of theoretical issues.

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This book presents a systematic hypothesis testing approach to the assessment of speech processing skills in children, and is based on the popular courses run by the authors. The book aims to develop the knowledge and analytical skills of those who need to administer and evaluate assessment materials. Principles of psycholinguistic investigation are introduced through a series of activities relating to theoretical and practical issues. The book demonstrates through case studies how to profile and interpret a child's performance within a developmental psycholinguistic model. It will be of particular interest to practitioners, researchers and students in the following areas: speech and language therapy; education; clinical, educational and developmental psychology and child language and clinical linguistics.

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This book presents a systematic hypothesis testing approach to the assessment of speech processing skills in children, and is based on the popular courses run by the authors. The book aims to develop the knowledge and analytical skills of those who need to administer and evaluate assessment materials. Principles of psycholinguistic investigation are introduced through a series of activities relating to theoretical and practical issues. The book demonstrates through case studies how to profile and interpret a child's performance within a developmental psycholinguistic model. It will be of particular interest to practitioners, researchers and students in the following areas: speech and language therapy; education; clinical, educational and developmental psychology and child language and clinical linguistics.

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This book presents a systematic hypothesis testing approach to the assessment of speech processing skills in children, and is based on the popular courses run by the authors. The book aims to develop the knowledge and analytical skills of those who need to administer and evaluate assessment materials. Principles of psycholinguistic investigation are introduced through a series of activities relating to theoretical and practical issues. The book demonstrates through case studies how to profile and interpret a child's performance within a developmental psycholinguistic model. It will be of particular interest to practitioners, researchers and students in the following areas: speech and language therapy; education; clinical, educational and developmental psychology and child language and clinical linguistics.

Author Biography

Dr. Michelle Pascoe: ESRC/MRC Research Fellow. Professor Joy Stackhouse: Professor of Human Communication Sciences Professor Bill Wells: Professor/Head of Department All at: Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, U.K.

Table of Contents

Why Psycholoinguistic Assessment? What do Tests Really Test?The assessment Framework.A Developmental Speech Processing Model.Psycholinguistic profiling.Using This Approach in Practice and Research.Designing Your own test Items.

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This book presents a systematic hypothesis testing approach to the assessment of speech processing skills in children, and is based on the popular courses run by the authors. The book aims to develop the knowledge and analytical skills of those who need to administer and evaluate assessment materials. Principles of psycholinguistic investigation are introduced through a series of activities relating to theoretical and practical issues. The book demonstrates through case studies how to profile and interpret a child's performance within a developmental psycholinguistic model. It will be of particular interest to practitioners, researchers and students in the following areas: speech and language therapy; education; clinical, educational and developmental psychology and child language and clinical linguistics.

Details ISBN1861560303 Author Bill Wells Series Exc Business and Economy (Whurr) Language English ISBN-10 1861560303 ISBN-13 9781861560308 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 618.928 Series Number 9 Illustrations Yes Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-08-31 Place of Publication Chichester Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Subtitle A Psycholinguistic Framework Affiliation University College, London University of Sheffield, UK University of S Pages 398 Audience Professional and Scholarly Short Title CHILDRENS SPEECH & LITERACY DI Publisher Wiley DOI 10.1604/9781861560308 UK Release Date 1997-09-26 NZ Release Date 1997-09-26 Imprint Whurr Publishers Ltd AU Release Date 1997-09-25 We've got this

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