Handbook of Speech-Language Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa Integrating Research and Practice

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.