Language for Thinking

Name: Language for Thinking
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781909301931
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A structured approach for young children: The Colour Edition

By Stephen Parsons and Anna Branagan

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Language for Thinking is a practical, photocopiable resource designed to support teachers, SENCOs, learning support assistants, and speech language therapists in developing children’s language skills from concrete understanding to abstract thinking. Featuring fifty engaging picture and verbal scenarios, the book offers flexible use across various ages and abilities. Suitable for individual, small group, or whole-class settings, it also serves as a foundation for literacy lessons and speech therapy sessions.

The resource promotes children’s inference, verbal reasoning, and thinking skills through structured question sheets. It includes three parallel assessments for spoken and written language to establish baselines and monitor progress, complemented by score forms and worksheets for every lesson. Ideal for children with delayed language skills, specific language impairment, Autism Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger’s Syndrome), pragmatic language impairment, or moderate learning difficulties, the second edition boasts full-colour illustrations and an updated introduction, with all materials also available online.
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This book is ideal for educators, speech language therapists, and learning support professionals working with children who have delayed language development, specific language impairment, Autism Spectrum Disorder including Asperger’s Syndrome, pragmatic language difficulties, or moderate learning difficulties. It suits both classroom and therapy environments, with adaptable materials for varying ages and abilities.

A photocopiable resource that provides a clear structure to assist teachers, SENCOs, learning support assistants and speech language therapists in developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract. It is based on fifty picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities.

Description

This photocopiable resource provides a clear structure to assist teachers, SENCOs, learning support assistants, and speech language therapists in developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract. It is based on fifty picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities. Quick, practical, and easy to use in the classroom, this programme can be used with individual children, in small groups, or can form the basis of a literacy lesson or speech language therapy session.

Language for Thinking includes key features such as:

Question sheets are carefully structured to promote children's development of inference, verbal reasoning, and thinking skills.
The three parallel assessments of spoken and written language can be used to assess each child's starting level and then to monitor progress.
Score forms and worksheets for each lesson are included.

The book is particularly useful for children who are recognised as having delayed language skills, specific language impairment, Autism Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger's Syndrome), pragmatic language impairment, or moderate learning difficulties.

The second edition is now in full colour throughout and has been updated with a simplified introduction. All illustrations and worksheets will now be available online.

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"Language for Thinking: A structured approach for young children (The colour edition) is a great practical resource for busy clinicians working with primary school-aged children. Each scenario features appealing colour pictures, suitable for class, small groups or individual use, and adaptable as a school or home programme.

The book offers two assessments with record sheets to establish baselines and monitor progress, clear structure for easy tracking, examples of individual targets, and curriculum applications. Worksheet templates are included for convenience.

The 50 scenarios include questions at three language levels corresponding to Blanks Levels 2, 3 and 4, with accompanying short stories for reading comprehension tasks. Activities require minimal preparation and can support social communication groups."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781909301931

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Speechmark Publishing Ltd

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Professional and scholarly, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 621g

Pages: 194

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Anna Branagan Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Non-Fiction Stephen Parsons

About the Author

Stephen Parsons has worked as a Speech and Language Therapist for over 25 years. He trained in Australia, but has worked extensively in the UK. He is currently an SLT Team Manager in Hackney in London. He has a long term interest in vocabulary and has published research in the area. Anna Branagan has over 20 years' experience as a Speech and Language Therapist. Anna trained in Leeds and previously also worked in Hackney. She now practices in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. In her specialist role she supports schools to develop inclusive practice to support children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Stephen and Anna first worked together in a Language Unit in Hackney. This work inspired 'Language for Thinking: a structured approach for young children' (Speechmark, 2005). Despite now living and working some distance apart they have continued to collaborate. As well as training a number of schools and services they have presented 'Language for Thinking' and 'Word Aware' at a number of conferences and events nationally.