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| The New Language of Toys - Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs | 
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• Many young children with special needs experience language delays and need additional help to build language skills. What better way to encourage communication development than through play? The completely updated third edition of this book offers a plan for doing just that. • The new edition presents sixty-five new toys and accompanying toy dialogs to use with children with a wide range of special needs from birth through age six. These sample toy dialogs show parents how to play purposefully with their child using store-bought and home-made toys to provide language learning opportunities. In addition, this book provides important background information about language, its sequential development, the causes of language delays, and how play can enhance language development. The resource lists are extensive, offering toy manufacturers and catalogs, support organizations, children's book information, and suggested materials for homemade toys. • Contents: Language: An Introduction; Language Development in Children; Playing and Learning; Toy Dialogs for the First Year through Sixth Year; Teaching Language Throughout the Day; Computer Technology and Language Learning; Videotapes, DVDs, and Television; Toy Safety; Alternate Sources of Toys; Materials List; Sources for Information about Children's Books; Resource Guide; Toy Manufacturers Cited in This Book; Other Sources of Toys; References. • Written by Sue Schwartz, PhD. Paperback, 266 pages, 2004. |
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