Main description:

Combining years of experience as certified speech-language pathologists and as qualified yoga teachers, the authors of this pioneering book explain how yoga can be used to aid speech-language development in children up to age 12.

The book includes a range of yoga-based exercises for improving pre-linguistic communication, vocabulary development and motor planning for speech. The text is enriched by illustrations of children in each yoga pose, so no prior experience of yoga is necessary to help children carry out each activity. The book also provides information on using this approach with children with neurodevelopmental and intellectual disabilities, including ADHD and autism.

Contents:

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Disclaimer. Part One: Introduction. 1. Yoga and its Relation to Speech-Language Development. 2. A Developmental Perspective on Language Acquisition. 3. Yoga for Different Stages of Speech-Language Development. Part Two: Yoga for Different Developmental Domains. 4. Yoga for Prelinguistic Communication. 5. Yoga for Breath Support. 6. Yoga for Motor Planning for Speech. 7. Yoga for Vocabulary and Linguistic Concepts. 8. Yoga for Symbolic Play. 9. Yoga for Emergent Literacy. Part Three: Appendix of Yoga Resources. References. Index.