Syndrome Identification for Speech-Language Pathology: An Illustrated Pocketguide

by Robert J. Shprintzen

Book Overview

This book provides a synopsis of the important communicative impairments associated with 160 multiple anomaly syndromes likely to be encountered by speech-language pathologists. It describes the types... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0769300197
• ISBN13: 9780769300191
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Singular Publishing Group
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource

The "Syndrome Identification for Speech-Language Pathologists-An Illustrated PocketGuide" contains descriptions of many, many syndromes. Most of the descriptions are accompanied by a photograph. The photos are not the best quality, but you get the idea of what the syndrome looks like. Very helpful for quickly identifying syndromes.

Helpful information but...

I think the information presented is helpful, for our field, and concise. However for the money I paid I would like nice quality photos. All the photos are pixelated and while it may not matter in terms of identifying a syndrome, I'm not sure why they felt the need to skimp on this part. Cell phone cameras take better pictures than those in this book.

handy reference

I am an SLP at a special needs preschool. My colleagues and I (including OTs, PTs, psychologist, etc.) frequently refer to this book. It's easy to look up a syndrome by name or by characteristics. The entries are concise and easy to understand. The syndrome is described, and then characteristics such as speech/language disorders, physical features, differential diagnosis, history and prognosis are given. It's probably not the most comprehensive book out there, but we find it very handy for the population we serve.