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Steele, Sara C.; Gibbons, L. Grace – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2023
This study documented the standardized tests and informal assessment techniques that school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) reported as most helpful for identifying vocabulary deficits and for monitoring progress. Speech-language pathologists (N = 142) working in U.S. public school settings completed an online survey that included…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Towson, Jacqueline A.; Green, Katherine B.; Abarca, Diana L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
We examined how educating paraprofessionals in preschool classrooms on dialogic reading (DR) affected their storybook reading and effects on children's single word vocabulary. Through a single-case multiple-probe across participants design including four paraprofessionals and eight preschool children, we identified a functional relation between…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Preschool Children, Language Impairments, Vocabulary
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Dennis, Lindsay R.; Whalon, Kelly J. – Remedial and Special Education, 2021
A repeated acquisition (RA) design was used to compare the effectiveness of research-based instruction embedded in repeated storybook reading facilitated by an adult or tablet application (app) on the vocabulary knowledge of six preschool children. All participants selected scored below the 40th percentile on the "Preschool Language…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness
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Ramsey, Wanda R.; Bellom-Rohrbacher, Kristen; Saenz, Terry – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dialogic reading on the expressive vocabulary skills of children with moderate to severe expressive impairments. Previous research has shown positive effects of dialogic reading on the language skills of children who are typically developing and on children who are at-risk for language…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development, Expressive Language
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Nicholas, Katrina; Alt, Mary; Hauwiller, Ella – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of variability in teaching prepositions to preschoolers with typical development (TD) and developmental language disorder (DLD). Input variability during teaching can enhance learning, but is target dependent. We hypothesized that high variability of objects would improve preposition learning.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
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MacRoy-Higgins, Michelle; Shafer, Valerie L.; Fahey, Katlin J.; Kaden, Elyssa R. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand vocabulary characteristics in toddlers who are late talkers (LT) as compared with age-matched (AM) and vocabulary-matched (VM) peers. The semantic categories (e.g., animals, foods, toys) and the percentage of nouns, verbs, and closed-class words in the vocabularies of 36 toddlers (12 LT, 12 AM, 12 VM)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Toddlers, Delayed Speech, Semantics
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Lund, Emily; Douglas, W. Michael – Exceptional Children, 2016
Despite poor vocabulary outcomes for children with hearing loss, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of specific vocabulary teaching methods on vocabulary learning for this group. The authors compared three vocabulary instruction conditions with preschool children with hearing loss: (a) explicit, direct instruction; (b) follow-in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary, Hearing Impairments, Teaching Methods
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Dennis, Lindsay R.; Whalon, Kelly; Kraut, Lisa; Herron, Deborah – Journal of Early Intervention, 2016
This study examined the effects of an adapted alternating treatments design (AATD) consisting of teacher-facilitated and iPad-facilitated instruction on at-risk preschool children's vocabulary. Instruction was provided on 42 verbs, divided equally between treatments, across five participants over the course of 7 weeks. Dependent variables included…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills