| Advancing Communication Disorders: 60 Basic Issues
Scholarship in Communication Disorders: Raising the Bar
Dr. John Muma
Dr. Steve Cloud
November, 2007- Dr. John Muma and Dr. Stephen Cloud announced the release of their new book entitled Advancing Communication Disorders: 60 Basic Issues. The needs for this book were triangulated as follows:
- the issues were substantiated by the scholarly literature;
- three of the foremost scholars in language acquisition (Brown, Bruner, Nelson) wrote laudatory letters for addressing the initial 40 issues;
- a national survey of school SLPs verified the need to address these issues toward advancing clinical services. Also, 85% of the SLPs requested in-service on these issues.
Dr. Muma also announced a forthcoming book in April 2008 entitled Scholarship in Communication Disorders: Raising the Bar. In addition to the usual research design coverage, this new release will consider several levels of scholarship and the importance of rationale evidence to address evidenced-based practice. Outlier scores, curtailment, and the misuse of age-levels, frequency data, and percentages are also addressed.
Both books are available through:
Natural Child Publisher
38 Pirate Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
[ day 601-266-5227, night 601-296-1721 ].
Send all inquiries to: John.Muma@usm.edu