Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Integrating Research and Practice

The book synthesizes research on language development and communication disability in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights best practices for providing speech and language therapy services to individuals with language, communication, and hearing disorders across the lifespan. It brings together international contributions from various disciplines and covers key areas such as challenges for speech-language therapists, community awareness, culture-specific support, malnutrition, dysphagia, feeding difficulties, pediatric HIV, and communication disability treatments.

Format: Hardback
Length: 733 pages
Publication date: 04 February 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book synthesizes cutting-edge research on language development and communication disability in Sub-Saharan Africa, while also showcasing best practices for delivering speech and language therapy services to individuals across the lifespan who face language, communication, and hearing disorders. Drawing from a diverse range of international contributions from various disciplines, including speech-language pathology, audiology, developmental psychology, language education, social work, neurology, neuropsychology, pediatrics, linguistics, pedagogy, and phonetics, the book offers insightful perspectives on a wide array of problems, challenges, ideas, concepts, and models aimed at serving the people of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Key areas of coverage in this handbook include:

Challenges faced by speech-language therapists in the healthcare sector.

Building community awareness and ensuring sustainable service delivery.

Supporting communication and language development in early childhood, considering cultural nuances.

Addressing issues such as malnutrition, dysphagia, feeding difficulties, pediatric HIV, and related concerns.

Exploring communication disability treatments, including assessment, intervention, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and bilingualism and biliteracy-specific issues.

Inclusive education of children with communication disorders, with case studies from Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa.

The Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a vital resource for researchers, professors, graduate students, clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental psychology, speech-language pathology and therapy, social work, neuropsychology, pediatrics, special education, community-based rehabilitation, and all related disciplines. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the field, equipping professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively address the linguistic and communication needs of individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Weight: 1741g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031045035
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023