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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.
Language for Thinking:
- 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