Language, Literacy, and Learning: Theory and Application

✍ Scribed by Meredith Saletta Fitzgibbons

• Publisher: Plural Publishing
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 345
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Language, Literacy, and Learning: Theory and Application is an academic textbook for graduate students studying speech-language pathology and a useful clinical resource for practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This text explores how aspects of orthography and word learning relate to speech production and reading comprehension in children and adults with typical development or language learning differences. It is essential that SLPs assess and treat language and literacy skills in their clients. Unlike other books, this text is designed to help SLPs build their own skillsets in facilitating the development of the literacy skills that are crucial for navigating educational, vocational, and recreational experiences. This evidence-based resource includes clinical examples to support chapter information, with a focus on the science of reading and writing, typical and exceptional reading and writing development, and assessments and interventions for individuals with reading and writing differences. The author uses a student-friendly writing style that promotes learning at various levels of thinking: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Reviewers
1. From Decorated Rocks to Dyslexia Research: The Evolution of Reading and Writing
2. The View From a Mountain Road: The Neurobiology and Neurophysiology of Reading and Writing
3. “Never the Same Again”: The Phenomenon of Orthographic Interference
4. “I Call ’Em as I See ’Em”: How Reading Interacts With Other Language and Developmental Processes
5. From Snapshots to Sounds to Sight Words: The Typical Development of Reading, Writing, and Spelling
6. Exceptional Reading I: Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
7. Exceptional Reading II: Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Developmental Dyslexia
8. Exceptional Reading III: “What Color Is Oakley Avenue?” and Other Reading Differences
9. When You Are Concerned About a Child’s Reading or Writing: Overview of Assessment Techniques
10. Putting It All Together: Tools for Teaching Reading and Writing
Index