Download or read book Communication before Speech written by Judith Coupe O'Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. This is the second edition ‘Communication Before Speech ‘and reflects the new developments in the fields of language acquisition and learning disabilities. Pragmatics, the functional use of communication, has become central to much communicative intervention. Resettlement of people with learning disabilities into the community has been associated with an increased interest in work with adults, particularly those with behaviour that challenges services.