Neuropsychology Arena

A Tribute to the Quintessential Researcher, Clinician, and Mentor: Audrey Holland

A Special Issue of Aphasiology

• Series Edited by Laura Murray.

Published April 2010

The purpose of this special issue of Aphasiology is to honour Dr. Audrey Holland and her prolific research and clinical achievements over the past 50 years. The issue has been constructed to exemplify the breadth of Dr. Holland’s influence not only in terms of research topics (e.g., aphasia,…
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Teaching Evidence-Based Practice

A Special Issue of Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

• Edited by Ralf Schlosser, and Jeff Sigafoos.

Published January 2010

Many national professional organizations of speech-language pathologists have adopted evidence-based practice (EBP) as the preferred approach to clinical practice. This mandate brings with it an added responsibility for university programs because they need to prepare future generations of…
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Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders

• Edited by Amy L. Weiss.

Published December 2009

This volume examines the ramifications of individual differences in therapy outcomes for a wide variety of communication disorders. In an era where evidence-based practice is the clinical profession's watchword, each chapter attacks this highly relevant issue from a somewhat different…
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Phonology for Communication Disorders

• By Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller and Ben Rutter.

Published November 2009

This textbook describes the approaches to phonology that are most relevant to communication disorders. It examines schools of thought in theoretical phonology, and their relevance to description, explanation and remediation in the clinical context. A recurring theme throughout the book is the…
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Expository Discourse in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Development and Disorders

• Edited by Marilyn A. Nippold, and Cheryl M. Scott.

Published October 2009

School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse -- the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written modalities. This occurs, for example, when high school students read their textbooks and listen to their teachers' lectures, and later are…
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Progressive Language Impairments: Intervention and Management

A Special Issue of Aphasiology

• Edited by Lyndsey Nickels, and Karen Croot.

Published March 2009

Progressive language impairments comprise a broad range of symptoms of impaired language processing that worsen over time as a result of neurodegenerative disease, and that range from impaired knowledge of the concepts underlying language through reading and writing difficulties to impaired ability…
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Dementia

From Diagnosis to Management - A Functional Approach

• By Michelle S. Bourgeois, and Ellen Hickey.

Published February 2009

Dementia: From Diagnosis to Management - A Functional Approach is a comprehensive description of a functional and behavioral approach to assessing and treating persons with dementia. While very practical, the information is embedded in a scientific context of the causes, neuropsychological…
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The Syllable and Beyond

New Evidence From Disordered Speech, A Special Issue of Aphasiology

• Edited by Wolfram Ziegler, and Ingrid Aichert.

Published October 2008

The concept of a "mental syllabary", i.e., a store of syllable-sized motor planning units, has become a cornerstone in the modeling of spoken language production. This idea lead to the question of the significance of syllabic representations in speech impairments, especially in apraxia of speech,…
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Understanding Developmental Language Disorders

From Theory to Practice

• Edited by Courtenay Frazier Norbury, J. Bruce Tomblin and Dorothy V.M. Bishop.

Published June 2008

Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the most common reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of their family doctor. Although…
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Adult Learning Disorders

Contemporary Issues

• Edited by Lorraine E. Wolf, Hope E. Schreiber and Jeanette Wasserstein.

Published May 2008

Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults. The authors in this volume not only discuss such advances as they apply to adults with learning disorders, but also address their translation into clinical practice.…
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