Yoga for Speech-Language Development - Softcover

Susan E. Longtin And Jessica A. Fitzpatrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848192584 ISBN 13: 9781848192584

Publisher: Singing Dragon, 2017

Synopsis

Fun yoga activities for enhancing speech-language development in children up to age 12

About this title

About the Authors

Susan E. Longtin, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York with interests in language development, language disorders in children, and autism spectrum disorders. She is a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist who has worked in school and clinical settings. She has published her research in peer-reviewed journals and presented at state and national conventions. She completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training through the Genesis East West Studies and Tree of Life Yoga Teacher's Association studio and participated in an Introduction to YogaKids® workshop. Dr. Longtin has been a yoga practitioner and child language specialist for over forty years.

Jessica A. Fitzpatrick, MS, CCC-SLP, is a licensed, certified speech-language pathologist who currently evaluates and treats children diagnosed with various developmental disabilities in the Yonkers Public Schools in New York. She has also worked in hospital and private practice settings. She completed a 200-hour hatha raja vinyasa yoga teacher training at BambooMoves and regularly leads yoga classes and workshops in New York.

From the Back Cover

Yoga is an engaging way to facilitate speech-language development. This pioneering method applies yogic principles and practices to enhance speech-language development in children from birth up to age 12. This book offers yoga-based exercises for improving prelinguistic communication, breath support for speech, motor planning for speech, vocabulary development, symbolic play and emergent literacy. Illustrations of children demonstrating yoga poses enrich the text. No prior experience of yoga is necessary to carry out the activities, which are suitable for a range of ages and abilities. Information on working with children with neurodevelopmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorders is infused throughout.

Edition details

• Publisher: Singing Dragon
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848192584
• ISBN 13: 9781848192584
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176