Neuropsychology and Language Disorders

A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention in Aphasia

A Clinician's Guide, Second Edition

By Anne Whitworth, Janet Webster, David Howard

This is the second edition of the popular volume used by clinicians and students in the assessment and intervention of aphasia....

To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Psychology Press

Uncommon Understanding (Classic Edition)

Development and disorders of language comprehension in children

By Dorothy Bishop

Series: Psychology Press Classic Editions

This is a 'classic edition' of Dorothy Bishop's award-winning text on the development of language comprehension, which has been in print since 1997 and now includes a new introduction from the author. It integrates research in language acquisition, psycholinguistics and neuropsychology to...

To Be Published July 9th 2013 by Psychology Press

Automaticity and Control in Language Processing

Edited by Antje Meyer, Linda Wheeldon, Andrea Krott

Series: Advances in Behavioural Brain Science

The use of language is a fundamental component of much of our day-to-day life. Language often co-occurs with other activities with which it must be coordinated. This raises the question of whether the cognitive processes involved in planning spoken utterances and in understanding them are...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Clinical Aphasiology

Future Directions: A Festschrift for Chris Code

Edited by Martin Ball, Jack Damico

This book presents a collection of cutting edge work from leading researchers and clinicians around the world on a range of topics within Clinical Aphasiology. However, more than this, the volume is also a tribute to Chris Code, one of the foremost scholars in the field. Professor Code has made a...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Challenging Aphasia Therapies

Broadening the Discourse and Extending the Boundaries

Edited by Judith Felson Duchan, Sally Byng

Challenging Aphasia Therapies presents an entirely new approach to thinking on the subject of aphasia therapy by liberating it from traditional models. This is achieved through a process of reflection in which many assumptions previously taken for granted are challenged and reassessed....

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

An Emergence Approach to Speech Acquisition

Doing and Knowing

By Barbara L. Davis, Lisa M. Bedore

The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and the goal-directed behaviors for communicating ideas through language and producing speech. A child’s acquisition of phonology is seen...

Published May 12th 2013 by Psychology Press

Language Competence Across Populations

Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment

Edited by Yonata Levy, Jeannette C. Schaeffer

This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt to define Specific Language Impairment, relating it to children of normal and disordered language capabilities. The...

Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press

Scientific Thinking in Speech and Language Therapy

By Carmel Lum

Speech and language pathologists, like all professionals who claim to be scientific in their practice, make a public commitment to operate on the basis of knowledge derived in accordance with sound scientific standards. Yet students in communication disorders are given relatively little grounding...

Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press

Speech Recognition in Adverse Conditions

Explorations in Behaviour and Neuroscience

Edited by Sven Mattys, Ann Bradlow, Matthew Davis, Sophie Scott

Series: Special Issues of Language and Cognitive Processes

Speech recognition in ‘adverse conditions’ has been a familiar area of research in computer science, engineering, and hearing sciences for several decades. In contrast, most psycholinguistic theories of speech recognition are built upon evidence gathered from tasks performed by healthy listeners on...

Published April 11th 2013 by Psychology Press

Investigations in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics

Edited by Fay Windsor, M. Louise Kelly, Nigel Hewlett

Investigations in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics is a sequel to the eighth meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, attended by delegates from 26 different countries. This book reflects the scope of the subject area of clinical phonetics and linguistics, the...

Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press

Stuttering and Cluttering

Frameworks for Understanding and Treatment

By David Ward

Stuttering and Cluttering provides a comprehensive overview of both theoretical and treatment aspects of disorders of fluency: stuttering (also known as stammering) and the lesser-known cluttering. The book demonstrates how treatment strategies relate to the various theories as to why stuttering...

Published November 14th 2012 by Psychology Press

Dyslexia, Reading and the Brain

A Sourcebook of Psychological and Biological Research

By Alan Beaton

Despite the wealth of literature available on the subject of dyslexia, there is little that explores the subject beyond a single theoretical framework. The need for a comprehensive review of the literature by both researchers and practitioners from different fields and theoretical backgrounds is...

Published November 14th 2012 by Psychology Press

Short-term and Working Memory Impairments in Aphasia

Data, Models, and their Application to Rehabilitation

Edited by Nadine Martin, Jamie Reilly

Series: Special Issues of Aphasiology

Research in language processing and language impairment has focused extensively on elements of linguistic representation that are accessed and retrieved in comprehension, repetition and production of words and sentences. These studies have provided important information about the effects of...

Published September 18th 2012 by Psychology Press

Communication Sciences and Disorders

An Introduction to the Professions

By Dale F. Williams

Few activities can match the complexity of human communication. Given its intricacy, it is understandable that the process will not always work properly. When it doesn't, the effects can be devastating, given how much of everyday life depends on communicating with one another. Despite its...

Published September 19th 2011 by Psychology Press

Explaining Individual Differences in Reading

Theory and Evidence

Edited by Susan A. Brady, David Braze, Carol A. Fowler

Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

Research into reading development and reading disabilities has been dominated by phonologically guided theories for several decades. In this volume, the authors of 11 chapters report on a wide array of current research topics, examining the scope, limits and implications of a phonological theory....

Published April 17th 2011 by Psychology Press

Cluttering

A Handbook of Research, Intervention and Education

Edited by David Ward, Kathleen Scaler Scott

Very few people are aware of the significant negative impact that cluttering -- a communication disorder that affects a person's ability to speak in a clear, concise and fluent manner -- can have on one's life educationally, socially and vocationally. Although different from...

Published February 17th 2011 by Psychology Press

Therapeutic Processes for Communication Disorders

A Guide for Clinicians and Students

Edited by Robert J. Fourie

Why do many people with disorders of communication experience a sense of demoralization? Do these subjective experiences have any bearing on how such problems should be treated? How can professionals dealing with speech, language, hearing and other communication disorders analyse and respond to the...

Published November 25th 2010 by Psychology Press

The Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes

Perspectives in Communication Disorders

Edited by Jackie Guendouzi, Filip Loncke, Mandy J. Williams

This handbook includes an overview of those areas of cognition and language processing that are relevant to the field of communication disorders, and provides examples of theoretical approaches to problems and issues in communication disorders. The first section includes a collection of chapters...

Published September 6th 2010 by Psychology Press

Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders

Edited by Amy L. Weiss

Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

This volume examines the ramifications of individual differences in therapy outcomes for a wide variety of communication disorders. In an era where evidence-based practice is the clinical profession's watchword, each chapter attacks this highly relevant issue from a somewhat different...

Published December 16th 2009 by Psychology Press

Phonology for Communication Disorders

By Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller, Ben Rutter

This textbook describes the approaches to phonology that are most relevant to communication disorders. It examines schools of thought in theoretical phonology, and their relevance to description, explanation and remediation in the clinical context. A recurring theme throughout the book is the...

Published November 10th 2009 by Psychology Press

Expository Discourse in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Development and Disorders

Edited by Marilyn A. Nippold, Cheryl M. Scott

Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse -- the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written modalities. This occurs, for example, when high school students read their textbooks and listen to their teachers' lectures, and later are...

Published October 26th 2009 by Psychology Press

Progressive Language Impairments: Intervention and Management

A Special Issue of Aphasiology

Edited by Lyndsey Nickels, Karen Croot

Series: Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science

Progressive language impairments comprise a broad range of symptoms of impaired language processing that worsen over time as a result of neurodegenerative disease, and that range from impaired knowledge of the concepts underlying language through reading and writing difficulties to impaired ability...

Published March 4th 2009 by Psychology Press

Handbook of Child Language Disorders

Edited by Richard G. Schwartz

The Handbook of Child Language Disorders provides an in-depth, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art review of current research concerning the nature, assessment, and remediation of language disorders in children. The book includes chapters focusing on specific groups of childhood...

Published September 8th 2008 by Psychology Press

Understanding Developmental Language Disorders

From Theory to Practice

Edited by Courtenay Frazier Norbury, J. Bruce Tomblin, Dorothy V.M. Bishop

Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the most common reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of their family doctor. Although...

Published June 30th 2008 by Psychology Press

Single-Word Reading

Behavioral and Biological Perspectives

Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Adam J. Naples

Series: New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

As the first title in the new series, New Directions in Communication Disorders Research: Integrative Approaches, this volume discusses a unique phenomenon in cognitive science, single-word reading, which is an essential element in successful reading competence. Single-word reading is an...

Published August 23rd 2007 by Psychology Press