Handbook of Pragmatic Language Disorders

Complex and Underserved Populations

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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This reference work is the first to examine pragmatic language disorders of clients in complex and underserved populations. The text gives focus to client groups ?with complex cognitive and psychiatric problems and children and adults that have been underserved by clinical language services ?because of maltreatment and social exclusion.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-09-24
Mått155 x 235 x 38 mm
Vikt1 242 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor732
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030749873

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Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English and Communication and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Humanities at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She teaches and conducts research in pragmatics, clinical linguistics and public health. Publications in these areas include Language and Dementia (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Fallacies in Medicine and Health (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), Reasoning and Public Health (Springer, 2015), and Pragmatic Disorders (Springer, 2014).

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Biographical notes.- Chapter 1: Pragmatic disorders in the 21st century.- PART A: COMPLEX POPULATIONS IN CHILDHOOD.- Chapter 2: Social (pragmatic) communication disorder.- Chapter 3: Autism spectrum disorder.- Chapter 4: Fragile X syndrome.- Chapter 5: Down syndrome.- Chapter 6: Williams syndrome.- Chapter 7: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.- Chapter 8: Tourette’s syndrome.- Chapter 9: Sensory loss.- Chapter 10: Selective mutism.- Chapter 11: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.- PART B: COMPLEX POPULATIONS IN ADULTHOOD.- Chapter 12: Right-hemisphere language disorder.- Chapter 13: Psychiatric disorders.- Chapter 14: Dementia of the Alzheimer type.- Chapter 15: Parkinson’s disease.- Chapter 16: Multiple sclerosis.- Chapter 17: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.- Chapter 18: Huntington’s disease.- Chapter 19: Traumatic brain injury.- PART C: UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.- Chapter 20: Infants and children adopted internationally.- Chapter 21: Infants and children exposed to HIV and substance abuse.- Chapter 22: Maltreated and traumatized children and young people.- Chapter 23: African American children and adolescents.- Chapter 24: Children and young people with written language disorders.- Chapter 25: Children, young people and adults who use AAC.- Chapter 26: Adults in the prison population.- Index.