
Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 5 Communication and Language Development
- 116 pages
- English
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Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 5 Communication and Language Development
About this book
This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to the development of communication and language in infancy and childhood. It integrates insights from both typical and atypical development to reveal the fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common developmental disorders.
The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: Language and Communication; early development of communication; theories of communicative development; early dialogues; gestures; the development of language; language in use; child-directed language; gender differences, multilingualism and language in other modalities; and language disorders.
Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 5 Communication and Language Development is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education.
The content of this topic book is taken from Stephen von Tetzchner's core textbook Child and Adolescent Psychology: Typical and Atypical Development. The comprehensive volume offers a complete overview of child and adolescent development – for more information visit www.routledge.com/9781138823396
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Language and Communication
- 2 Early Development of Communication
- 3 Theories of Communicative Development
- 4 Early Dialogues
- 5 Gestures
- 6 The Development of Language
- 7 Language in Use
- 8 Child-directed Language
- 9 Gender Differences
- 10 Multilingualism
- 11 Language in Other Modalities
- 12 Language Disorders
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Endorsements