Chapters cover a continuum of available communication approaches—from auditory-focused to visually-focused to simultaneous use of speech and sign—while encouraging the use of individualized interventions to meet each child's needs. To prepare professionals for decades of effective, evidence-based practice, the included video clips demonstrate how to implement assessments and interventions and work successfully with children and families.
CUTTING-EDGE INFORMATION ON
- audiological assessments and technological interventions for children
- principles and practices for family-centered early intervention
- understanding, supporting, and coaching families
- assessments to identify intervention priorities
- Theory of Mind
- auditory-verbal therapy and phonological interventions
- sign language and sign systems
- use of the internet to deliver intervention services
- elements of supportive early education environments
- approaches for optimizing reading and writing skills
- strategies for promoting social and academic success in integrated classrooms
- and much more