InsideInfo, an information resources newsletter for parents of children enrolled in RIDBC educational programs, is back! This newsletter hopes to serve a few purposes to all parents involved in RIDBC programs;
- it aims to highlight Renwick Centre Library items which are available to all parents, whether they live in remote or metropolitan areas of Australia;
- it hopes to highlight areas of interest to all parents
- it hopes to make staff and parents aware of information available either via Renwick, Journals or the Internet
This particular issue of InsideInfo will focus on children and language.
‘Language Development: activities for home’ by Marion Nash and Jackie Lowe. London, UK: David Fulton Publishers, c2004.
This book is part of the Spiral series and includes a variety of play-based activities that support the key language skills being developed in school. The activities also stand alone as ways of having fun while consolidating language skills at home and in the home environment. The activities use everyday objects that are found at home and the book includes illustrated prompts to help parents. They are designed to be used with children who have speech and language difficulties.
Blatcher, J. (2004). Research on language intervention: happy talk! The Exceptional Parent, May 34 (5), 71-75
Blatcher shares some interesting work that is taking place in the area of language intervention highlighting work that involves young children at risk for developmental delay. Here, she discusses the important communication skills of children and the interventions given to develop these skills in children with developmental delay.
Otaiba, S. & Smartt, S. (2003). Summer Sound Camp: involving parents in early literacy intervention for children with speech and language delays. Teaching Exceptional Children, Jan/Feb, 35 (3), 30-34
This article describes a four-session summer program that provided parents of children with speech and language delays with information on the importance of phonological awareness, research-validated teacher training materials on early literacy, and training on how to use the materials. The Summer Sound Camp was conducted in a home setting.
The new language of toys : teaching communication skills to children with special needs / by Sue Schwartz c2004 649.15 SCHW 2004
It takes two to talk : a practical guide for parents of children with language delays / Jan Pepper and Elaine Weitzman c2004 Q649.68 PEPP
Learning language and loving it : a guide to promoting children's social, language, and literacy development in early childhood settings / Elaine Weitzman and Janice Greenberg c2002 Q372.6 WEIT
An Introduction to the More Than Words program [videorecording] : helping parents promote communication and social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder / The Hanen Centre c2001 VIDEO 618.928982 SUSS-2
Speech and language difficulties / Hannah Mortimer c2002 Q371.914 MORT
Teaching children with speech and language difficulties / Deirdre Martin c2000 371.914
MART-2
Inclusion for children with speech and language impairments : accessing the curriculum and promoting personal and social development / Kate Ripley, Jenny Barrett and Pam Fleming c2001 Q371.9140941 RIPL
Months of morphemes : a theme-based cycles approach / Allison M. Haskill, Ann A. Taylor, Leslie C. Tolbert c2001 Q371.9142 HASK
How children learn language / William O'Grady c2005 401.93 OGRA
Child language development: learning to talk / Sandra Bochner and Jane Jones 2nd ed c2003 401.93 BOCH 2003
Developing baseline communication skills / Catherine Delamain, Jill Spring c2000 Q401.93 DELA
For more information on how to borrow any of these items
Leonie or Jillian in Renwick Centre Library: Phone (02) 9872 0396
or
(02) 9872 0285
renwick@newcastle.edu.au
