Victoria Joffe – författare

This book contains contributions from eminent clinicians and researchers in the field of language impairment, and crosses the bridge between children and adults. It reflects the developments that have taken place in Speech and Language Therapy over the past 10 years and focuses on issues in SLT that have recently come into ascendancy. These include: personal and social consequences of language disability, and how to measure these; the evidence base for speech and language therapy interventions; language processing and the interplay between language and cognition; and the degree to which impairments in one affect the other. There is a growing concern about the needs of adolescents who have language difficulties - a group who, by their age, development and experience straddle the child/adult divide. It extends the themes by looking at future implications and sets out the challenges ahead for the speech and language therapy profession.

This book improves the understanding and telling of stories in secondary school students and young adults. Specifically designed for older children and young adults, this practical language programme was created by a specialist speech & language therapist with input from secondary school teachers and students.The Narrative Intervention Programme:focuses on enhancing the understanding and expression of stories in students aged from 8 to 18 with language and communication difficultiesaims to create an awareness of how storytelling can be used to enhance learning in school and social interactions in school and home environmentsfacilitates storytellingenhances the joy and enjoyment in telling storiesidentifies different types of narratives and provide examples for each typeencourages effective listening and attention skillsexamines different means of making story production more interesting through vocal variety, body language and printencourages the use of the story planner in planning and structuring essays in the classroom and for homework.

This book helps to enhance the understanding and use of vocabulary in secondary school students and young adults. Specifically designed for older children and young adults with language and communication needs, this practical language programme was created by a specialist speech & language therapist with input from secondary school teachers and students.The Vocabulary Enrichments Programme:focuses on enhancing the understanding and expression of vocabulary and word meanings in students aged from 8 to 18aims to create an awareness of how improved vocabulary knowledge can be used to enhance learning in school and social interactions in school and home environmentsencourages an awareness and interest in words and language, introduces the concept of words and meanings and identifies their role and use in language, communication and social interactionintroduces the word map and explore the rich networks of information attached to each word, including the meanings and make up of words using root and base words, suffixes and prefixes, synonyms and antonyms, and the etymology (origins) of wordsfocuses on themes taken from the National Curriculum, including living and non living organisms, planet Earth and the world, the human body, emotions, healthy living, and occupationsenhances the understanding and use of figurative and idiomatic language as well as more compound and complex sentence structuresintroduces a range of cueing techniques to aid in word retrieval.This book provide effective strategies for word learning to encourage independent word learning skills. It teaches an effective, efficient and realistic use of the dictionary as a tool for word learning and explore the role of the thesaurus in enhancing oral and written work.

Do you 'see red' when people use phrases you don't understand. Or maybe get 'cold feet' because you are feeling 'under the weather'? For those on the autism spectrum or when English isn't their first language, these every day phrases are completely baffling. These sets of cards humorously depict well known idioms and the accompanying detailed booklet provides a dictionary meaning for each card, and a range of ideas and activities for use. 36 cards per pack and accompanying booklet Suitable for all ages Dr Victoria Joffe is a specialist speech and language therapist and senior lecturer in developmental speech, language and communication impairments in the Department of Language and Communication Science at City University, London. She is also programme director of an innovative MSc degree in Joint Professional Practice: Language and Communication, run in conjunction with the Institute of Education.Intended for use in educational settings and/or therapy contexts under the supervision of an adult. This is not a toy.