The wider educational needs of children with specific speech and language difficulties are of
major concern to practitioners. Yet few studies have documented the literacy skills of these …

The majority of children acquire language effortlessly but approximately 10% of all children
find it difficult especially in the early or preschool years with consequences for many aspects …

Listening to Children and Young People with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Page 1 INT J LANG COMMUN DISORD, SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2012, VOL. 47, NO. 5, 618 …

Based on a huge body of research in child language and communication development,
Children's Communication Skills uses a clear format to set out the key stages of …

During the last 20 to 25 years there has been an enormous expansion in research on how
normally developing infants and young children acquire language. This research has …

This chapter explains the need to focus on the early language skills of young children in the
first 3 years of life. It looks at individual differences in language development and points to …

This is the third book in the series “Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties” and is based
on research and practice with school-age children with persisting speech and associated …

Early years practitioners, parents and carers, child minders, health visitors do you need
effective ideas for giving your babies and toddlers support to become confident talkers …