Overview

Comprehensive Intervention for Children with Developmental Delays and Disorders describes an early intervention program for children with communication disorders such as specific language impairment, developmental verbal dyspraxia, pervasive developmental disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. The program provides multidisciplinary intervention to children, in the age range of 0-6 years, with the goal of integrating them into regular school by the school entry age of 6 years.

PRESCHOOLERS SET - 6 BOOKS

This subset of the complete program focuses on preschool age children (3-6) and contains six intervention manuals for preschoolers that target skill building in children across the domains of motor skills (gross, fine and activities of daily living), communication (receptive and expressive language as well as Alternate and Augmentative Communication) and cognitive, social and emotional development. Lesson plans for each skill are described with clear targets, materials required and simple instructions along with illustrations. An additional program manual with checklists describes this process, the underlying rationale and what the program is all about.

This 6 book set focused on preschoolers includes:

• Comprehensive Intervention for Children with Developmental Delays: Program Manual and Checklists
• Intervention Manual for Prerequisite Learning Skills: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers with Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Delays: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers with Gross and Fine Motor Delays: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers with Communication Delays: Practical Strategies

This 6 book set focused includes:

• Comprehensive Intervention for Children with Developmental Delays: Program Manual and Checklists
• Intervention Manual for Prerequisite Learning Skills: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers with Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Delays: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers with Gross and Fine Motor Delays: Practical Strategies
• Intervention for Preschoolers with Communication Delays: Practical Strategies

About The Authors

Prathibha Karanth

Prathibha Karanth, PhD, received her MSc (1971) and PhD (1981) from the All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH) in India. For 25 years, she worked on neurogenic communication disorders in adults and children at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences and AIISH. In 2003, she set up the nonprofit Com DEALL Trust to support the Communication DEALL Early Intervention Program, developed by her in 2000, now scaled up to over 20 units across India. She is associated with academic institutions such as SRCISH and NIAS in Bangalore and serves on scientific advisory committees of the Government of India and other academic institutions.

Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin

Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, PhD, CCC-SLP, received her doctorate from Northwestern University. She is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Roseberry is also currently a part-time itinerant speech pathologist in San Juan Unified School District, where she provides direct services to students from preschool through high school. She has worked in educational and medical settings with a wide variety of clients ranging from preschoolers through geriatric patients. She serves homeless persons in her community through direct work on the streets.

Priya James

Priya James, MS, CCC-SLP, has over a decade of experience working with special need children and families. Priya's varied experiences include working with preschoolers through high schoolers in the public / private schools, juvenile hall, and postsecondary and vocational schools. She has also worked with adult patients with neurologic disorders and injury.

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