TY - BOOK

T1 - Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa

T2 - Integrating Research and Practice

A2 - Lüdtke, Ulrike

A2 - Kija, Edward

A2 - Karia, Mathew Kinyua

PY - 2023/2/4

Y1 - 2023/2/4

N2 - This book synthesizes research on language development and communication disability in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights best practices for providing speech and language therapy services to individuals with language, communication, and hearing disorders across the lifespan. The book brings together a wide range of international contributions from various disciplines, such as speech-language pathology, audiology, developmental psychology, language education, social work, neurology, neuropsychology, pediatrics, linguistics, pedagogy, and phonetics to provide perspectives on problems, challenges, ideas, concepts, and models to serve the people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Key areas of coverage include: Challenges for speech-language therapists in the health sector. Community awareness and the sustainable delivery of services. Culture-specific support of communication and language development in early childhood. Malnutrition, dysphagia, feeding difficulties, pediatric HIV, and related issues. Communication disability treatments, including assessment and intervention, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and issues specific to bilingualism and biliteracy. Inclusive education of children with communication disorders with case studies from Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa. The Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa is an essential reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental psychology, speech-language pathology and therapy, social work, neuropsychology, pediatrics, special education, community based rehabilitation, and all related disciplines.

AB - This book synthesizes research on language development and communication disability in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights best practices for providing speech and language therapy services to individuals with language, communication, and hearing disorders across the lifespan. The book brings together a wide range of international contributions from various disciplines, such as speech-language pathology, audiology, developmental psychology, language education, social work, neurology, neuropsychology, pediatrics, linguistics, pedagogy, and phonetics to provide perspectives on problems, challenges, ideas, concepts, and models to serve the people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Key areas of coverage include: Challenges for speech-language therapists in the health sector. Community awareness and the sustainable delivery of services. Culture-specific support of communication and language development in early childhood. Malnutrition, dysphagia, feeding difficulties, pediatric HIV, and related issues. Communication disability treatments, including assessment and intervention, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and issues specific to bilingualism and biliteracy. Inclusive education of children with communication disorders with case studies from Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa. The Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa is an essential reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental psychology, speech-language pathology and therapy, social work, neuropsychology, pediatrics, special education, community based rehabilitation, and all related disciplines.

KW - Augmentative and alternative communication in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Bilingualism in children in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Biliteracy in children in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Communication disability in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Communication disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Counseling strategies for children in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Cultural and linguistic diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Cultural sensitivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Globalization and Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Hearing impairment in children in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Language assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Language development in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Language intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Literacy in children in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Participation and inclusion of students in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Peer intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Professional development in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Service development in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Speech-language pathology in Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Sustainable services for children in Sub-Saharan Africa

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161955259&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-04504-2

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-04504-2

M3 - Monograph

SN - 978-3-031-04503-5

SN - 978-3-031-04506-6

BT - Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa

ER -