November 12, 2012

Recently published book chapters

The following invited book chapters have been published recently: 

1.    McLeod, S., McCartney, E. & McCormack, J. (2012). Communication (d310-d369). In A. Majnemer (Eds). Measures for children with developmental disabilities: Framed by the ICF-CY (pp. 312-325). London: Mac Keith Press.  

“This chapter describes assessment of the Activities and Participation domain of Communication (d3) as it relates to children and youth with developmental disabilities. In the ICF-CY, Communication relates to “general and specific features of communicating by language, signs and symbols…” (World Health Organization, 2007, p. 145) and encompasses: Communicating – receiving (d310-d329), Communicating – producing (d330-d349), and Conversation and use of communication devices and techniques (d350-369).” 

2.    McLeod, S. (2013). Speech sound acquisition. In J. E. Bernthal, N. W. Bankson & P. Flipsen Jnr (Eds.), Articulation and phonological disorders: Speech sound disorders in children (7th ed., pp. 58-113). Boston, MA: Pearson Education. 

"This chapter explores typical or normal speech sound acquisition. At the beginning of this chapter we consider the reasons it is important for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to understand typical speech sound acquisition, models of speech sound acquisition, and the research methods that have been employed to understand how children learn to produce speech sounds. The remainder of this chapter examines children’s speech sound acquisition of English, from infancy to the school years."