{"product_id":"first-words-9781442211230","title":"First Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst Words: A Parent''s Step-by-Step Guide to Helping a Child with Speech and Language Delays gives parents the information they need to allow them to stimulate their child's speech and language. Parents are given actual samples of how children with autism and other language delays respond differently to questions and how their responses can be redirected in order to start building connections. Offenbacher explains terms such as speech and language, typical language delay, PDD-Pervasive Developmental Delay, ASD-Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, and ABA-Applied Behavioral Analysis. The book outlines the typical developmental steps of speech and language acquisition, and where parents should begin when starting to help their child. It suggests the types of toys, and experiences that stimulate language, as well as a floor plan to arrange a work area and learning center in their home. It provides check lists for them to evaluate their child every step of the way and set meani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Levine Offenbacher has written a must-read for parents of children with suspected or confirmed language delay, with special focus on moderately severe communication disorder such as autism, PDD, and auditory processing delay. An eminently readable book for the layman, it is filled with helpful hints, advice, and many easy pragmatic, day to day strategies parents can employ to further language skills in a normal or language delayed child. Highly recommended! -- Edward J. Gindi, attending in the Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center\u003cbr\u003eA useful primer for parents who are concerned about their child's language development; helpful suggestions for creating activities and language models for the enhancement of language acquisition. -- Harriet B. Klein, New York University\u003cbr\u003eFirst Words: A Parent’s Step-by-Step Guide to Helping a Child with Speech and Language Delays is a practical, insightful, easy to read, step by step guide for parents to develop strategies to stimulate speech, language, socialization and social language and explore ways to speak to their child. Written in a clear, down to earth, relevant style, Barbara Levine Offenbacher’s years of clinical experience shine through this helpful guide. Parents will want to have a copy to help them become more knowledgeable and effective. -- Roberta Chapey, Brooklyn College, CUNY\u003cbr\u003eSpeech and language therapy does not just take place in a therapist’s office. Parents are desperate to learn how to help their child with a language delay every minute of the day. With Offenbacher’s book, parents finally have the tools and strategies to become partners in the language therapy process. -- Cecelia McCarton, executive director of the McCarton Center for Developmental Pediatrics and the McCarton School for Autism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I:  Typical Speech and Language Development and Disorder Introduction:  Why Are You Reading This Book? \tThe Book’s Goal \tBecoming ProActive Chapter 1: My Child is Not Speaking \tDiagnosis Chapter 2:  Fussy Babies \tFive Stories \tTrust Your Instincts \tSigns of Autism: The Check List Chapter 3:  The Developmental Process \tSounds \tSocialization and Making Sounds \tSocialization and the Voice \tEarly Sounds Early Communication \tHow Do Babies Discover Sounds? Chapter 4:  Speech Language and Mother Tongue- The Communication Process \tWhat is Speech? \tWhat is Language? \tWhat is Mother Tongue? \tHow is Speech and Language Meaningful \tHow do Children Learn this Complex Task? \tHow do They Do It? \tWhat is Universal Grammar? Chapter 5:  Language Development Through Experience Chapter 6:  My Delayed 3 Year Old, Where Do I Begin? Chapter 7:  The Stages of Language Acquisition \tEarly Language Acquisition \tLater Language Acquisition \tExperience to Language \tWhat Kinds of Experiences \tHow Do Children Learn Words? \tHow Does Experience Help Children Learn? \tOrganizing Words into Categories \tGrammar Rules and Language for Single Words Chapter 8:  Two Words \tExchanging Ideas \tWord Combinations and Grammar Chapter 9:  Period of Imbalance:  Understanding and Speaking \tIs Your Child Developing Like Jane and Jake? Chapter 10:  Learning, Memory, and Attention \tEarly Memory \tShort Term Memory \tRehearsal \tAttention and Memory \tASD and Attention \tASD and Memory \tBiochemical\/Neurological Disturbance \tASD and Visual Attention Memory  ASD and Generalized and Rote Memory  \tInconsistency with ASD and Memory   \tMath and Memory Chapter 11:  Auditory Processing Disorder \tASD and Auditory Processing Disorder \tPerseveration:  Unconventional Verbal Behavior \tEcholalia:  Unconventional Verbal Behavior \tLanguage Processing Chart \tProcessing Words for Understanding \tAnalysis of the Wh Words Chapter 12:  Ways to Speak to your Child with a Processing Disorder Chapter 13: Social Language \tASD and Pragmatic Language \tPragmatic Language:  How it Impacts on High Functioning Children With ASD \tWhy Don’t Kids Play With Me \tUnderstanding Feelings Chapter 14:  Asperger Syndrome \tWhen Is Asperger Syndrome Diagnosed? \tWhat Happens After 3 Years Old? \tPerseveration \tMissing the Cues:  The Social Failure Chapter 15:  How The Brain Works Theory of Mind TOM Executive Function Disorder EFD Summary Part II:  Working With Your Child Introduction Chapter 16: Parent Power:   How to Be a Pro Active Parent Observing Your Child’s Peers Inclusion Play Pre-School Years Chapter 17:  Setting Up the Home Environment The Home Learning Center Your Home Play Learning Center Sample Home Center Diagram Themes for Your Home Play Center Chapter 18:  How Toys Contribute to Language Development Building Vocabulary Beyond Toys Chapter 19:  How to Design and Use Your Home Play Learning Center Turning a Negative Experience into a Learning Experience Chapter 20:  Supplies Chapter 21:  Accountability Chapter 22:  Personally Preparing for the Challenge The 10 Step Prep Parent Meditation Part III:  Sounds to Words:  Techniques to Stimulate Speech Language and Socialization Chapter 23:  Helping Your Non-Verbal Child Chapter 24:  Non Verbal Language 50 Meaningful Non-Verbal Actions Chapter 25:  Signing 70 Important Signs Using American Sign Language  ASL Checklist for ASL Chapter 26:  Stimulating Speech Sounds Child Apraxia of Speech  CAS The English Speech Sound Checklist Conducting a Sound Inventory Chapter 27:  Sounds that Have Meaning 25 Simple Repetitive Sounds Your Child Should Know Chapter 28:  Stimulating a Single Word Vocabulary Category 1:  25 First Toy Words Category 2:   25 First Food Words Category 3:   10 First Words for Drinks Category 4:   30 First Community Worker Words Category 5:   30 First Transportation Words Category 6:   35 First Location\/Place Words Category 7:   30 First Body Part Words Category 8:   45 First Clothing Words Category 9:   25 First Sports Words Category 10:  25 First Color and Shape Words Category 11:  25 First Weather and Season Words Category 12:  50 First Time Words Category 13:  50 First Action Words- Verbs Category 14:  24 First Preposition Words Category 15:  40 First Descriptive Words-Adjectives Category 16:  15 First Farm Words Category 17:  15 First Pronoun Words Category 18:  30 First Fruit and Vegetable Words Category 19:  45 First Animal Words Category 20:  25 First Farm and Country Words Category 21:  20 First City Words Category 22:  15 First Entertainment Words Category 23:  20 First School Words Category 24:  15 First Personal Hygiene Words Category 25:  15 First Furniture\/Furnishing Words Category 26:  25 First Popular Children’s Characters Category 27:  25 First Kitchen\/Serving Words Chapter 29:  Activity Worksheet for Single Word Development Summary Part  IV.  Verbatim Samples of Spectrum Language Disorders Introduction Chapter 30:  Why Are Verbatim Transcriptions So Important? Chapter 31:  Case History: Justin 4.3-4.10 years old Chapter 32:  Transcriptions for Justin 32. 1\tThe Birthday Cake:  Justin 4.3 years old 32. 2\tThe Cook:  Justin 4.3 years old 32. 3\tThe Alligator:  Justin 4.3 years old 32. 4\tAlligator Eggs:  Justin 4.3 years old 32. 5\tA Conversation About a Rainy Day:  Justin 4.4 years old 32. 6\tGoing Shopping:  Justin 4.5 years old 32. 7\tThe Dishwasher:  Justin 4.5 years old 32.8\tThe Dishwasher-A Follow-Up  Justin 4.10 years old 32.9\tThe Refrigerator:  Justin 4.5 years old 32.10\tThe Refrigerator-A Follow-Up  Justin 4.10 years old Summary Part V.  How to Naturally Advance Your Child’s Language Development \t Without Missing Valuable Opportunities Introduction Chapter 33:  Why Is This Relevant? Chapter 34:  Missed Opportunities Chapter 35:  Gullo and Gullo- An Ecological Approach Chapter 36:  An Ecological Language Experience Chapter 37:  The Picture Time Schedule  List of websites","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039859605847,"sku":"9781442211230","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442211230.jpg?v=1750945082","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/first-words-9781442211230","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}