Language development and language impairment offers a problem based introduction to the assessment and treatment of a wide variety of childhood language developmental disorders focuses for the most part on the pre school years the period during which the foundations for language development are laid uses a problem based approach designed to motivate students to find the information they need to identify and explore learning issues that a particular speech or language issue raises examines . 11 the effects of preschool language impairment 12 the ambient language 13 typical language development 14 atypical language development references 2 the first year of life 21 introduction 22 social development and language learning 23 cognitive development and language development 24 speech production in infancy 25 speech perception in infancy 26 further problems references 3 sounds . Request pdf language development and language impairment a problem based introduction this book provides a problem based introduction to language impairment in the pre school years from the . Language development and language impairment a problem based introduction paul fletcher ciara otoole language development and language impairment offers a problem based introduction to the assessment and treatment of a wide variety of childhood language developmental disorders focuses for the most