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Learning to assess speech and language disorders and write diagnostic reports may be an overwhelming experience, especially when most texts don’t cover both topics at once. With that in mind, A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology, Second Edition combines the latest assessment protocols and diagnostic techniques with vital diagnostic report writing tools into a single definitive guide. Cyndi Stein-Rubin, Renee Fabus, and their contributors recognize that clinical assessment is inextricably linked to report writing and have updated this Second Edition to synthesize the two. Following the introductory chapters, which discuss the basics of assessment and report writing, each subsequent chapter focuses on a particular disorder, provides in-depth assessment tools, and presents a corresponding sample report. Key Features: An inventory and explanation of formal and informal assessment measures A glossary of key vocabulary Sample case histories with assessment tools Relevant and useful interview questions Each disorder’s background and characteristics Assessment parameters A differential diagnosis section A model report The accessible format of A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology, Second Edition will help students learn how to assess and document speech and language disorders and will also make for a perfect reference for them as clinicians for years to come.

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Written by our 99th percentile GRE instructors, Manhattan Prep's GRE All the Verbal features in-depth lessons covering the facts, rules, and strategies for every question type on the Verbal section of the GRE. This edition of GRE All the Verbal has been reorganized to start from the basics—words, in this case—and build to more complex sentences, paragraphs, and passages. You’ll learn how to build your vocabulary in an organic way that allows you to use these words in grad school and at work, not just to regurgitate the words for the test. You’ll also learn how to deconstruct complex sentences, a skill crucial not just for Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence (aka vocabulary) problems, but also for Reading Comprehension passages. And finally, you’ll learn how to parse complicated meaning across multi-sentence blocks of text, a skill you’ll need for Reading Comprehension and for multi-blank Text Completions. You’ll also learn how to spot and avoid common traps and you’ll have plenty of practice problems with detailed answer explanations, all of which have been constructed by our 99th percentile GRE instructors. Finally, you’ll learn how to use all of these skills to tackle the AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) portion of the exam, also known as the essays