Handbook on Children's Speech: Development, Disorders, and Variations

The Handbook on Children's Speech: Development, Disorders, and Variations, written by Raymond D. Kent, is a comprehensive and systematic guide to speech development, covering relevant biology and psychology, contemporary models, typical speech development, bilingualism, dialect, motor learning, clinical assessments, populations, and prevention and treatment. It emphasizes that speech development is a constructive process that requires knowledge of how it develops and is affected in children with disorders or exposure to languages other than American English. The book is valuable for clinicians, researchers, and students.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 13 November 2023
Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc

The Handbook on Children's Speech: Development, Disorders, and Variations, penned by renowned basic and clinical scientist Raymond D. Kent, offers a comprehensive and systematic exploration of the intricate process of speech development, encompassing its potential disorders and variations. This book stands out as a departure from the typical patterns of a mainstream dialect, delving into the biological and psychological aspects that shape speech. It emphasizes relevant biology and psychology, contemporary models of spoken language, typical speech development, bilingualism and dialect, motor learning and motor control, clinical assessments of articulation, phonology, voice, prosody, and intelligibility, populations where speech disorders and differences frequently occur, and methods and strategies for prevention and treatment.

The Handbook spans the developmental stages from birth to puberty, focusing on pediatric speech disorders. Given the complex nature of speech disorders in children, an understanding of these disorders necessitates knowledge of how speech develops and how it may be affected in children with disorders or exposure to languages other than American English. A central theme of the book is that speech development is a constructive and goal-directed process, characterized by the interweaving of various processes with their distinct trajectories, which typically reach maturity only during puberty or adolescence.

This book is a valuable resource for clinicians, researchers, and students alike. It serves as a comprehensive compendium of the diverse tools and methods developed to study speech development in diverse populations and to assess and treat speech disorders and variations. By presenting a wealth of information and insights, The Handbook equips professionals with the necessary knowledge and skills to address the challenges associated with child speech and communication.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781635506204