Introduction.

PART I. OVERVIEW.

1. Eliciting and Analyzing Personal Narrative.
2. Discourse and Education, Law, and Medicine.

PART II. TYPICAL AND DISORDERED CHILD NARRATION IN VARIOUS CULTURES.

A. Children with English as a First Language.
3. European North American Children.
4. African American Children: With Tempii Champion and Karen Mainess.
B. Children with English as a Second Language Overview.
5. Spanish-Speaking American Children with Nancy Mahecha.
6. Asian American Children with Masahiko Minami.
C. Clinical Applications.
7. Assessment Guidelines for Children and Adults.
8. Intervention Guidelines for Children and Adults.

PART III. TYPICAL AND DISORDERED ADULTS IN VARIOUS CULTURES.

9. General Overview of Typical and Impaired Adult Narration.
10. Examples of Impaired Adult Narration.
11. Assessment and Intervention with Adults.

Summary of NAP for Children and Adults.

Summary Chart: NAP Dimensions In Four Ethnic Groups.

Quantitative Version of NAP.

Examples of Scorings by Ethnic Group and Dimension.

Appendix A. Parents as Teachers of Pre-Literacy Skills: An Intervention Study with Carole Peterson and Beulah Jesso.

References.

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