Language and Literacy Connections: Interventions for School-Age Children and Adolescents

Geraldine P. Wallach · Alaine Ocampo

Dec 2020 · Plural Publishing

About this ebook

Language and Literacy Connections: Intervention for School-Age Children and Adolescents takes readers on a path of knowledge steeped in principles and practical applications. This much-needed new text uniquely integrates language learning and disorders and literacy together in a coherent and cohesive narrative that covers the challenges facing school-age students from early elementary levels through high school. Using past and current research and interventions from speech-language pathology (SLP) and reading and literacy arenas, the authors present transcripts, cases, and detailed intervention sessions to provide a template for daily practice. The text raises questions relating to “why am I doing this?” and provides some answers to this most complex, yet basic, question. 

Language and Literacy Connections...

* Uses strong theoretical foundations with detailed applications to real-life situations and practices

* Highlights the different levels of literacy, from foundational to disciplinary, that underpin current thinking 

* Includes three major sections that build upon one another as the authors navigate through: (1) conceptual frameworks, (2) practical applications across discourse intervention and individual language components, and (3) service delivery models 

* Addresses the role of comprehension in auditory processing and classroom difficulties

* Compares effective and less effective intervention sessions with explanations about why each fall within a category

* Debunks common myths and practices that have been questionable for decades but that persist in practice

* Offers innovative suggestions related to providing collaborative service delivery procedures through virtual online platforms and specific lesson plans 

* Answers the question asked by many school-based SLPs: How do I add literacy on top of my responsibilities when my caseloads are so large and demanding? 

Key Features:

* Questions at the beginning of each chapter that reflect concerns of SLPs and their teams

* Projects and assignments that supplement and review the material

* Examples of teaching modules with practical lesson plans that integrate the role of SLPs in Interprofessional Practices (IPP) while explicitly addressing the curriculum across a variety of subject areas 

Disclaimer: Please note that ancillary content (such as documents, audio, and video, etc.) may not be included as published in the original print version of this book. 

About the author

Geraldine P. Wallach, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Professor Emerita in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at California State University, Long Beach. Her special area of expertise is language and literacy in school-age children and adolescents. An ASHA Fellow and ASHA Honoree, she has published and presented widely at national, state, local, and international levels.

Alaine Ocampo, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor and School-Based Internship Coordinator in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at California State University, Long Beach. Her areas of research are in child and school-age language, autism, collaboration, and school-based issues. She has a long history of school administration, supervision, and practice.