Finding My Voice (Youth with Special Needs Series): Youth with Speech Impairment FROM THE PUBLISHER
Speech impairment is a common challenge among youth. Unfortunately, it is a challenge that, despite its frequency, can cause severe emotional and social distress for those who experience it. Stigma and prejudice can present particularly difficult emotional trials and social roadblocks to youth with speech impairments. All too often, these young people are assumed to be less capable, immature, or even unintelligent because of their communication barriers.
Education is the key to dissolving the common assumptions and prejudices held against those with speech impairments. Fortunately, more and more people are learning that speech impairments do not mean these children are less intelligent or less capable than others. Today many doctors, teachers, and organizations are committed to educating the public about speech impairment. They are helping youth with these conditions break down their communication barriers and reach their full potential. In Finding My Voice: Youth with Speech Impairments, you will learn about different types of speech impairments and about speech therapy. Along the way you will meet David, a boy who struggles with stuttering, and Martha who conquers problems with articulation. As David and Martha navigate the many challenges speech impairments pose, you will learn about the struggles, fears, joys, disappointments, and triumphs they meet while on their journeys.
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VOYA - Michele Winship
These new series additions join thirteen others to broaden readers' awareness and understanding of the many challenges faced by children and adolescents with physical or emotional impairments or experiences in foster care, the juvenile court system, and protective services. The series consultants are three doctors from Children's Hospital in Boston and the State Special Needs Director from Concordia University, whose contributions are evident in the quality of information. Every chapter begins with an ongoing narrative of a young person who is actually experiencing the disability firsthand, sometimes in first person, sometimes in third. The rest of the chapter then walks readers through specialized terminology, scientific fact, and legal issues related to the text of the narrative. The writing is straightforward but not simplistic and liberally illustrated with photographs and occasional diagrams. Internal chapter divisions are relatively short and clearly marked, increasing readability levels for younger readers. Although the texts are primarily reference books, one main audience is the special needs child or adolescent who can gain a deeper understanding of his disability, as well as tools for coping and developing adaptive behaviors. In addition to a further reading list that sometimes cites media selections, the authors include Web sites and addresses for related associations and resources. The series is appropriate for pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and students from late elementary through adolescence and would be a valuable addition to every school library. (Youth with Special Needs). VOYA CODES: 4Q 4P M J S (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Broadgeneral YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2004, Mason Crest, 128p.; Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos. Further Reading., PLB. Ages 11 to 18.
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