communicative disorders in children

Jordan was a boy in elementary school who couldn't speak yet, so he was trapped inside his brain in Jordan's World. Jordan has Verbal Apraxia, also known as childhood Apraxia of Speech, a neurological speech disorder. He knows what he wants to say, but his words don't always come out.

January 1988. Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought. "Ghost Boy "is the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers see a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin's mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body. We also see a life reclaimed, a business created, and a new love kindled.

The personal story of a boy who stutters and a girl with articulation problems is accompanied by information about topics related to speech impairments.

Presents a comprehensive guide for helping children overcome language and speech problems and offers advice on recognizing common disorders, choosing a specialist, various methods of treatment, and more.

Presents a story that provides insights into the challenges faced by children suffering with speech impairments, and the impact of the disability on family members and friends, and features facts about how speech happens, the different types of speech impairments, their causes, and treatments.