This much-needed text presents detailed descriptions of current treatment methodologies for children with language impairments. Professionals in the fields of special education, speech language pathology, psychology, psychiatry, and occupational therapy as well as audiologists who deal with central auditory processing disorders will find this book very useful. Nine of the eleven chapters are devoted to innovative language remediation techniques that are considered to be controversial, and the eleventh chapter details and reviews the criticisms of those methods. The contributors are professionals working with or who have had a hand in originating the techniques they describe. The list of contributed chapters includes: Stanley Greenspan's DIR (Floor Time) Model; Glen Sallows' Applied Behavior Analysis; Gary Mesibov and Victoria Shea's The TEACCH Method; Teresa Webb, Sue Baker, and Andy Bondy's Picture Exchange Communication System; Steven Miller, Barbara Calhoun, Melissa Agocs, L. Deley, and Paula; Tallal's FastForWord; Jane Madell's Auditory Integration Training; Pat and Phyllis Lindamood's Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing and Seeing Stars Program; Nanci Bell's Imagery and Language Comprehension (Visualizing and Verbalizing); and Rosemary White's Sensory Integration. Innovative Methods in Language Intervention Treatment systematically presents the most clinically useful methods for teaching children with language impairments ranging from those who are nonverbal, speaking to those who have mild receptive/expressive deficits. Both preservice and inservice professionals will appreciate this informative handbook of current methods in language intervention.