Books in the Exc Business And Economy (Whurr) series

This book examines critically three broad categories of communication approach which are currently advocated by the different schools of thinking concerned with the socialization and education of deaf children. These are: the "auditory--oral", the "total communication" and the "bilingual approach".

This highly practical handbook meets the need for a general guide that provides teachers with the skills, techniques and structure to help children with specific learning difficulties achieve success.

Intended for those professionals whose work brings them into contact with children with learning difficulties, this work covers the theoretical rationale for the approaches used by each professional and examples of the practical activities and techniques used.

This is a celebratory volume in honour of Professor T.R. Miles of the Bangor Dyslexia Unit. Among the papers offered by known specialists in the field are "Differential Diagnosis of Developmental Dyslexia", by P. Aaron, and "Evaluating Teaching Methods", by Michael Thompson.

Most children have interesting interior lives, but the inner lives of some children with special needs often contain secrets which may be permanent or damaging. This book offers professionals working with such children insights into what is going on in these children's minds.

This book focuses on dyslexia in adulthood and describes the nature of the difficulties experienced by dyslexics in their personal, working and social lives.

This second volume of Brian Thornea s collected works, shows convincingly that the spiritual needs and yearnings of many clients presenting themselves to secular counsellors can no longer be ignored, trivialised or pathologised.

Though a good deal is known about the remediation of dyslexics of all ages, there is growing awareness among teachers and others that there is much more to their work that teaching literacy skills. Most of us experience stress at some point in our lives, but experience suggests that dyslexics are particularly vulnerable to it.

Explanations of reading disorders need to be framed in terms of theories of the normal development of reading and spelling.

The core elements of narcissism concern the dificulty individuals encounter with the separating process and their use of the mechanism of splitting.

POSP is a way of profiling oral skills development of children with oral function difficulty. Based on the work of five practising specialist speech/language therapists, it helps clinicians assess children up to 16 years of age, monitors change in oral function, and acts as a teaching aid.

This book brings together a selection of papers from those presented at the Fourth International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association in April 1997. The three main themes of the conference are biology, identification and intervention.

This volume brings together imnportant contributions from some of the most experienced teachers and supervisors from psychoanalytic, psychodynamic and Jungian perspectives. The contributors are all members of the British Association of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision (BAPPS).

This work presents a systematic hypothesis testing approach to assessing phonological processing skills in children. Principles of psycholinguistic/cognitive neuropsychological testing are introduced through a series of activities aimed at heightening awareness of theoretical issues.

Describes the nature and impact of the numerous developments that have occurred over the past decade, such as the emergence of new speech testing material, the advancement in the provision of cochlear implants to both adults and children, and the availability of new technology in the form of compact and video discs and more.

This dictionary includes a wide range of terms that are in general use in relation to the multi-disciplinary subject of hearing. It covers the fields of acoustics, audiology, electronics, medicine, phonetics, rehabilitation and social administration.

A companion volume for "Preparing for Client Change in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy", the training material in this book is arranged in modular format.

Why another reading scheme?STAR TRACK is for pupils who have not gained any skills from a random exposure to text and need a guided introduction to the rules of literacy.? STAR TRACK?S structured worksheets and stories introduce the pupil to only one phonic element at a time.? STAR TRACK builds skills cumulatively, and confidence is established because the pupil is never asked to read what he has not been taught.? STAR TRACK?S photocopiable masters provide material for class work, homework, easy assessment and record-keeping.? STAR TRACK provides worksheets and stories for the famous ?exceptions? of English, which are easily tackled once the regular phonic rules have been learnt. Further copies of each of the tracks may be purchased in packs of ten.

Aimed at professionals wishing to set up a vestibular rehabilitation programme, this text covers such areas as how we balance, the pathological mechanism that may affect balance, the various modes of treatment of vertiginous syndromes, and the principles underlying physical exercise regimes.

As a parent and teacher, Jean Augur learned to cope with dyslexia for 20 years. Her experience as the mother of three sons - all dyslexic to a greater or lesser degree - enabled her to understand compassionately. Here she shows how she devised ways and means of helping dyslexics to help themselves.

This work provides a global overview of service delivery and rehabilitation strategies for cochlear implant users. This book is divided into two parts. The first covers systems for service delivery, and the second examines the practical implementation of person-to-person rehabilitation.

Aimed at those who need to refresh their practical skills in paediatric audiology.

This book provides an essential resource for all professionals involved with the educational management of deaf children.

This text is devoted to the presentation and assessment of actual demonstration sessions of REBT. The book opens with a brief introduction to the theory and practice of REBT and an outline of the 13 steps of the REBT treatment sequence. Demonstration sessions are then analyzed accordingly.

Awareness of the need to take the problem of childhood depression more seriously has highlighted the lack of practical material for those working in this area. This text offers a resource for the many professionals whose work may bring them into contact with young people suffering from depression.

Though working with people with learning difficulties has become an increasingly important speciality for the speech therapist, much of the rationale for this work has yet to be established.

This book includes contributions from one of the most experienced and well known paediatric cochlear implant teams in the world. It covers the entire spectrum of care from initial referral through to monitoring long term progress.