Language Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Language impairment in childhood and adolescence: presentation, diagnosis, assessment,and empirically validated treatment.As many as half of children and adolescents presenting for mental health serviceshave language impairments, often undiagnosed. This book offers a clear and comprehensivedescription of language impairment emerging in childhood and itsimplications for clinical practice with children and adolescents. The book is filledwith many clinical pearls and examples of the way language impairment impactson the child''s symptom picture and influences treatment. After discussing ICD-10and the new DSM-5 criteria, it provides the reader with an easy-to-follow plan onhow to conduct the assessment with the child and parents, and the steps to takein initiating treatment. Unique modifications to empirically validated treatmentsare recommended for language-impaired children with comorbid anxiety or disruptivebehavior disorders. Anyone who works with children and adolescents willbenefit from this book.