The third edition of Language Sampling With Children and Adolescents: Implications for Intervention provides guidelines for analyzing spoken and written language production in both children and adolescents. The text, which is geared for graduate students and practicing speech-language pathologists, has been expanded to include preschool children (ages 3-4 years) and school-age children (ages 5-11 years), in addition to adolescents (ages 12-18 years). Included within the book are numerous figures, tables, and practical exercises (with answer keys) to help readers understand how to analyze the content and structure of the different discourse genres--conversational, narrative, expository, and persuasive--and how to utilize this information in establishing functional language goals and implementing intervention activities for children and adolescents with language disorders. - The ability to express oneself with accuracy, clarity, and efficiency is essential for success in social, academic, and vocational settings. Includes grammar review and exercises! New to the Third Edition: Now also covers preschool and school-age children - Each genre (conversation, narration, exposition, persuasion) now has its own chapter - Grammar review and exercises (with answer keys) have been expanded Includes greater number of language samples to analyze (with answer keys)Includes more normative data for spoken and written language production - Offers greater direction for intervention - Includes more case studies - All chapters have been updated to reflect recent research