Brings together researchers' understanding of the knowledge base in the field, a practicing clinician's feel for the real world, and an experienced teacher's intuition about how to make complex concepts understandable. Addresses subjects such as identifying the language impaired child; collaborative, classroom based language intervention; assessing conversational abilities; intervention with scripts and stories; and metalinguistic awareness. Appendices include descriptions of commercially available tests, and informal assessment techniques. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
