The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet by Marilyn C. Agin, Lisa F. Geng, Malcolm Nicholl; Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (April 2003) ISBN: 0312287542. Every parent eagerly awaits the day his or her child will speak for the first time. For millions of mothers and fathers, however, anticipation turns to anxiety when those initial, all-important words are a long time coming. Many worried parents are reassured that their child is “just a late talker,” but unfortunately, all too often that is not the case. Nineteen million children in the United States have a serious speech disorder. For these children, early and intensive therapy is crucial if they are to stand a chance of ever speaking normally. This book was written to help the worried parent cut through the confusion and stress to determine if their child needs help.The Late Talker is the first book of its kind, providing effective, practical answers to the questions every concerned parent asks.
A Picture's Worth: PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism (Topics in Autism) by Andy Bondy, Lori Frost, Andrew Bondy, Woodbine House; ISBN: 0933149964; 1st edition December 2001. Most young children with autism have significant delays in acquiring communication skills, a hallmark characteristic of autism. But with intensive early intervention and Applied Behavior Analysis techniques, children can be taught how to communicate successfully, even before they acquire the ability to use speech. A PICTURE'S WORTH examines the value of non-verbal communication strategies for children with autism, and presents the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in detail. PECS is a communication system that allows a child to use a picture (or series of pictures) to express his needs and desires without a prompt or cue from another person.
Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems : What Every Parent Should Know by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi; John Wiley & Sons, 1995. Does your child have trouble speaking or listening? This essential, up-to-date guide explains what parents can do to help. Speech-language pathologist Patricia Hamaguchi employs her 15 years of experience to show parents how to recognize the most common speech, language, and listening problems.
'Words Fail Me' : How Language Works and What Happens
When It Doesn't by Priscilla L. Vail; Modern Learning Press, 1996.
Parents, educators and general-interest readers will relish a fine book which
surveys how language develops in kids. Why isn't language developing for
so many? This explores links between reading, writing, listening and speaking,
revealing how
these are learned and what happens in the process breaks down at various stages.
Late-Talking Children by Thomas Sowell; Harper Collins Publishers, 1997 Although late-talking in children is often a warning sign of impaired mental and social development, it is not a guarantee of future problems. Albert Einstein was a late talker, as were many other individuals of gifted and normal intelligence, including eminent economist and intellectual Thomas Sowell's own son, John.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication : Management of Severe Communication Disorders in Children and Adults by David R. Beukelman, Pat Mirenda, Paul H.Brooks Publishers, 1995. Thorough discussion of how to plan and implement AAC interventions, with in-depth examinations of the communication needs of people in intensive care settings and children and adults with autism, traumatic brain injury, intellectual disabilities, and sensory impairments.
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