Constructing (in)competence: Disabling Evaluations in Clinical and Social interaction

Book Overview

How do we define speech and language problems in different contexts? This book offers a much-needed analysis of the ways in which the social & cultural backgrounds & assumptions of assessors & assessees interact to determine a label of incompetence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805825908
• ISBN13: 9780805825909
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.2"