Your ideal textbook for undergraduate speech-language curriculum courses in language development and language acquisition! 

As the number of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals in the United States continues to increase annually, Language Development: Foundations, Processes, and Clinical Applications will help your students understand language development in terms of each individual child’s communication needs. This comprehensive resource, written by experts in the field, offers an accessible overview of language development by discussing the typical course of language development within the clinical context of language assessment and intervention. Clinical practice applications will help your students prepare for the clinical challenges they will face in their professional careers. This resource focuses on our role of responsibility to children who are challenged in learning to communicate, and in doing so, bridges the biological, environmental, technological and professional aspects to advancing the development of professionals and children alike. Language Development: Foundations, Processes, and Clinical Applications features chapter objectives, dialogues, case studies, key terms, and study questions, as well as a glossary.

"This comprehensive overview of language development within the clinical context of assessment and intervention makes it a unique and excellent textbook for students of speech-language pathology. .....The information is up to date, and the authors include key historical perspectives along with the latest research and perspectives on the development of language."

- Stacy Shumway, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health, (for Doody’s Book Review Service, July 2009)