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Olswang, Lesley B.; Coggins, Truman E.; Timler, Geralyn R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article discusses some specific outcome measures for social communication problems exhibited by school-age children. Measures are discussed relative to (1) a model for viewing abilities essential for social communication and (2) a framework for sampling these abilities across four different contexts. A case example applies these outcome…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education

Imbens-Bailey, Alison L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Discusses how clinicians and researchers can critically evaluate information from efficacy studies of language intervention programs. It argues for combining both experimental and nonexperimental approaches and suggests that the use of matching in nonrandomized studies allows for comparison of groups of children participating in an intervention…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Experimental Groups, Intervention, Language Impairments