Speechmark Language for Thinking Language for Thinking - 82282

Product Specification: Language for Thinking - 82282

Product Description

• Provides a clear structure for developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract
• Includes 50 picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with children from a wide range of ages and abilities
• Included assessments help determine initial level and monitor progress

Additional Details

Speechmark Language for Thinking - A Structured Approach for Young Children Stephen Parsons and Anna Branagan While most children develop verbal reasoning skills with relative ease, others find it more challenging. Verbal reasoning is particularly difficult for children who have delayed language skills, specific language impairment, autistic spectrum disorder (including Asperger's syndrome), pragmatic language impairment or moderate learning difficulties. This photocopiable resource provides a clear structure to assist teachers and speech language therapists develop children's language from the concrete to the abstract. Language for Thinking is based on fifty picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities.

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- Quick, practical and easy to use in the classroom and can be used with individual children, in small groups or can form the basis of a literacy lesson or speech language therapy session.
- Structured to promote children's development of inference, verbal reasoning and thinking skills.
- Provides three parallel assessments of spoken and written language to assess each child's starting level and then to monitor their progress - includes score sheets and worksheets for each lesson.

192 pages, softcover book
Age: 4-12

Language for Thinking Chapter Guide:

Introduction
How to use this resource
Assessment pictures record sheets
Assessment texts
Scenarios
Scenario texts
Tracker sheets
Worksheets
Question symbols
Frequently asked questions
Assessment sample answers
Assessment scoring guides
Bibliography