Language and reading disabilities / / Alan G. Kamhi, Hugh W. Catts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910153095203321
• Autore: Kamhi Alan G. <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-292-03519-6
• Edizione: [Third edition, Pearson new international edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 pages)
• Collana: Always learning
• Disciplina: 371.9144
• Soggetti: English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching - United States; Reading - Remedial teaching - United States; Children - United States - Language; Reading disability - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Pearsonal New International Edition."
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Language and Reading: Convergences and Divergences -- 2. Reading Development -- 3. Defining and Classifying Reading Disabilities -- 4. Causes of Reading Disabilities -- 5. Assessment and Instruction for Phonemic Awareness and Word Recognition Skills -- 6. Spelling Assessment and Intervention: A Multiple Linguistic Approach to Improving Literacy Outcomes -- 7. Perspectives on Assessing and Improving Reading Comprehension -- 8. Assessing and Remediating Text Comprehension Problems -- 9. Learning to Write -- 10. Developing Knowledge and Skills for Writing -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: For courses in speech and language intervention, language disorders, reading disorders and special education. Written by leading experts, this third edition maintains a strong clinical focus and thorough coverage of the identification, assessment, and treatment of reading and writing disorders. Fully updated, this edition includes a new chapter on reading comprehension, a new chapter on spelling, and consolidated information on defining and classifying reading disabilities. New sections feature the latest on comprehension development, RTI, auditory processing deficits, literate vocabulary, and ; cognitive linguistic skills in writing. Offering the varied perspective of well-known contributors, the text successfully keeps pace with the rapid changes in the knowledge of language and reading disabilities and provides readers with the most up-to-date advances in the field.