About The Authors...

Sabrina Freeman, Ph.D., received her doctorate from Stanford University. Dr. Freeman, a sociologist and technical writer, worked in consultation with an innovative speech pathologist to compile newly developed exercises, games and drills for this population of children. Teach Me Language is designed to allow speech pathologists, para-professionals and experienced parents to use and customize the educational instruments presented in this book. After receiving her doctorate from Stanford, Dr. Freeman became involved in the project when she saw the tremendous difference these drills made to her own child's ability to communicate, and learn. Teach Me Language is designed for children, such as her own, who learned basic language concepts but needed "Step Two" to improve their ability to communicate and understand higher level language.

Lorelei Dake, B.A., is the senior therapist on several behaviorally based, autism therapy teams. Since receiving her degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, she has been working "in-the-field" and has established a reputation as a highly skilled and effective therapist in the behavioral treatment of autism. Ms. Dake refined and tested many of the exercises collected in this book to maximize their real-world effectiveness.