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MacDonald, James D.; Carroll, Jennifer Young – 1990
This paper summarizes and illustrates an approach to assessment of communication development and treatment which focuses on the early relationships of preconversational children with their significant adults. The assessment approach is part of the Ecological Communication (ECO) model, which views caregivers of delayed children as critical to the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Case Studies, Child Language, Communication Disorders
Download full textMcLaughlin, Barry; And Others – 1995
This guide offers advice on the assessment of the language development abilities of bilingual preschool children. A brief review of general bilingual child language development, including mixing and loss or semilingualism, is followed by a review of current assessment practices. A language assessment procedure developed for the State of California…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedHandleman, Jan S.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
Mothers, fathers, teachers, and speech therapists rated improvement in communication skills of 11 young children (ages 3-5) with autism following one year of intensive treatment. Results found fathers, teachers, and speech therapists in significant agreement with a psychometric measure of speech and language, whereas mothers' ratings bore no…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Autism, Child Language, Communication Skills
Collis, Kevin F. – 1982
Intended for elementary school language arts teachers, this paper outlines some recent work in the area of cognitive functioning and shows how this highlights the necessity for great care in fostering a child's language competence at two different stages: very early childhood and early to middle primary school. Following an introduction, the paper…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Beach, Richard, Ed.; Bridwell, Lillian S., Ed. – 1984
This book contains 20 articles, from a wide variety of perspectives, designed to bridge the interests of researchers and teachers on the topic of current composition research. The following articles are included: "Studying the Writing Abilities of a University Freshman Class: Strategies from a Case Study" (Charles R. Cooper, with Roger…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Verma, Mahendra K., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Papers by teachers and teacher trainers address issues in bilingualism and related teaching techniques in the elementary school classroom in England. They are derived from an inservice teacher training project. Essays include: "Investigating Children's Discourse in the Primary Classroom: The Linguistic Demands of Classroom Tasks"…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Child Language, Children, Class Activities
