Children's Communication Skills

This text looks in detail at how children's communication skills develop from birth to the age of five and focusing on listening, understanding and use of language, speech and non-verbal communication. Topics covered include the development of communication of bilingual and maltreated children, an overview of primary developmental communication disorders and a section on the warning signs of these disorders. This will be an invaluable text for health and education professionals working with children, including health visitors, general practitioners, school nurses and social workers as weel as speech therapists in training. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.