Now in its fourth edition, formerly published as How to Manage Communication Problems in Young Children, this invaluable guide to understanding and helping children whose speech and/or language is delayed or impaired has been completely revised and updated, and provides readers with: Practical advice on how to recognise communication problems Strategies for supporting children with speech, language and communication needs Best practice guide for parents and professionals working in partnership Contributions from a wide-range of specialist speech and language therapists Reflecting new developments and current practice, this book is of interest to parents, early years' practitioners, students in education and speech and language therapy, and anyone interested in pursuing a career with young children in the foundation years. Written in an accessible style, it assumes no prior knowledge and includes a range of practical suggestions for dealing with children with all kinds of communication difficulties.

This book is about the ways in which teachers and speech language therapists work together with children with communication problems in mainstream schools, special units and special schools. It explores issues that have influenced these working relationships and why children with communication problems may benefit from a professional partnership of teacher and therapist. In addition, it explores information brought together for the first time about current practice in educational settings with reference to current literature, both from this country and abroad, as well as strategies for the development of working relationships.

First Published in 1998. Supporting Children with Communication Problems: sharing the workload is, therefore, for practising teachers and therapists who have begun to work together and wish to know more about the process, as well as for those professionals who may be considering embarking on such work but need to consider the 'pros and cons' of working in this way. The book is also for student teachers and speech and language therapy students.

Now in its fourth edition, formerly published as How to Manage Communication Problems in Young Children, this invaluable guide to understanding and helping children whose speech and/or language is delayed or impaired has been completely revised and updated, and provides readers with: Practical advice on how to recognise communication problems Strategies for supporting children with speech, language and communication needs Best practice guide for parents and professionals working in partnership Contributions from a wide-range of specialist speech and language therapists Reflecting new developments and current practice, this book is of interest to parents, early years' practitioners, students in education and speech and language therapy, and anyone interested in pursuing a career with young children in the foundation years. Written in an accessible style, it assumes no prior knowledge and includes a range of practical suggestions for dealing with children with all kinds of communication difficulties.