Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction / Jack S. Damico, Nicole Muller and Martin J. Ball -- Part I. Foundations: 1. Social and Practial Considerations in Labeling / Jack S. Damico, Nicole Muller, and Martin J. Ball -- 2. Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders / Brian A. Goldstein and Ramonda Horton-Ikard -- 3. Intervention for Children with Auditory or Visual Sensory Impairments / Laura W. Kretschmer and Richard. R. Kretschmer -- 4. Intelligibility Impairments / Megan Hodge and Tara Whitehill -- 5. Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders / Vesna Stojanovik -- 6. Principles of Assessment and Intervention / Bonnie Brinton and Martin Fujiki -- Part II. Language Disorders: 7. Autism Spectrum Disorders: The State of the Art / John Muma and Steven Cloud -- 8. Delayed Language Development in Preschool Children / Deborah Weiss and Rhea Paul -- 9. Specific Language Impairment / Sandra L. Gillam and Alan G. Kamhi -- 10. Pragmatic Impairment / Michael R. Perkins -- 11. Learning Disabilities / Robert Reid and Laura Jacobson -- 12. Reading and Reading Impairments / Jack S. Damico and Ryan Nelson -- 13. Substance Abuse and Childhood Language Disorders / Truman E. Coggins and John C. Thorne -- 14. Aphasia / Chris F. S. Code -- Part III. Speech Disorders: 15. Children with Speech Sound Disorders / Sara Howard -- 16. Dysarthria / Hermann Ackermann, Ingo Hertrich, and Wolfram Ziegler -- 17. Apraxia of Speech / Adam Jacks and Donald A. Robin -- 18. Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction / Kathryn D. R. Drager, Erinn F. Finke, and Elizabeth C. Serpentine -- 19. Fluency and Fluency Disorders / John A. TeTnowski and Kathy Scaler Scott -- 20. describing voice disorders / Richard Morris and Archie Bernard Harmon -- 21. Orofacial Anomalies / Jane Russell -- 22. Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Defects / Tim Bressmann -- Part IV. Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders: 23. ADHD and Communication Disorders / Carol Westby and Silvana Watson -- 24. Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage / Margaret Lehman Blake -- 25. Traumatic Brain Injury / Jennifer Mozeiko, Karen Le and Carl Coelho -- 26. Dementia / Nicole Muller -- Author Index -- Subject Index.