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Implementing Strategy-Based Instruction for Struggling Writers via Telepractice: A Clinical Tutorial
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Direct linkAnthony D. Koutsoftas; Karen Hoover – Topics in Language Disorders, 2024
In this clinical tutorial, we describe the implementation of interventions provided to struggling writers using telepractice as the method of service delivery. The intervention of focus in this article was provided by graduate students who received advanced training in supporting writing to elementary school children with and without learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Writing Instruction, Writing Difficulties
Hadley, Elizabeth Burke; Scott, Molly; Foster, Matthew E.; Dickinson, David K.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
This study examined preschool teachers' fidelity in implementing a vocabulary intervention. The purpose of the study is to inform the scaling up of vocabulary interventions, identifying strategies that are both feasible for teachers and effective for vocabulary learning. We analyzed data from a vocabulary intervention in which teachers (n = 10)…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Fidelity, Curriculum Implementation, Vocabulary Development
Krok, Windi; Norton, Elizabeth S.; Buchheit, Mary Kate; Harriott, Emily M.; Wakschlag, Lauren; Hadley, Pamela A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
Although language samples are child-friendly and well-suited for obtaining global measures of language production, structured protocols have the potential to elicit many different exemplars of language structures in a shorter amount of time. We created a structured elicitation protocol, the Sentence Diversity Priming Task (SDPT), to efficiently…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Sentences, Language Skills, Picture Books
Guiberson, Mark – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
The aim of this article was to evaluate the use of alternatives to traditional language sample analysis (LSA) measures with bilingual preschool-aged children. A database of 184 bilingual preschool children, including children with developmental language disorder (DLD), was used in this study. The goals of the study were to establish the convergent…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Bilingualism, Language Skills, Language Impairments
Sonali Nag; Gideon Arulmani; Dhir Jhingran; Jelena Mirkovic; Alis Oancea; Margaret Snowling – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
High-quality oral language interventions support children's readiness for formal literacy instruction, and yet guidance for multilingual classrooms is not available. To address this gap, we drew on the empirical literature on linguistically diverse learners, classroom linguistic environments, and usage-based theories to identify principles for…
Descriptors: Oral Language, School Readiness, Heuristics, Teaching Methods
Sandra Gillam; Lauren Horton; Meagan Reynolds; Adeiye Oluwaseun-Sobo; Jennifer Topple; Samantha Walters; Annelies Lippert; Shelby Gentry; Karissa Cummings; Ryan Sainsbury; Ronald Gillam – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
This project drew upon evidence in the field of professional learning and development (PLD) in education to create and evaluate a PLD program to foster the use of narrative intervention evidence-based practices by classroom teachers working with students with language and literacy difficulties (LLD) in Grades 3 through 5. The primary aim of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Elementary School Students, Language Impairments
Scott, Cheryl M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Competent writing eludes many school children and adolescents, especially those with developmental language and reading disorders. Language sample analysis (LSA) of writing is a powerful but underused assessment tool that can also inform instruction. Similar to LSA of oral language, writing has been analyzed at word, sentence, and text levels…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Language Impairments, Written Language, Evaluation Methods
Spencer, Elizabeth; Bryant, Lucy; Colyvas, Kim – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Variability is common in language sample analysis (LSA), arising from personal factors such as age or level of education, or from factors within the text such as its length and purpose. Variability can affect interpretation of results in clinical practice and research studies, as well as the ability to detect change in individuals over time. This…
Descriptors: Sampling, Language Impairments, Evaluation Methods, Evidence Based Practice
Pennington, Robert C.; Carpenter, Megan – Topics in Language Disorders, 2019
Written expression is critical to the full participation of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and complex communication needs in a wide range of educational and community contexts. Unfortunately, the extant research on teaching writing to this unique population is limited and, thus, provides little guidance to practitioners in the design…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Writing Instruction, Communication Problems
Roberts, Angela; Aveni, Katharine; Basque, Shalane; Orange, Joseph B.; McLaughlin, Paula; Ramirez, Joel; Troyer, Angela K.; Gutierrez, Stephanie; Chen, Angie; Bartha, Robert; Binns, Malcolm A.; Black, Sandra E.; Casaubon, Leanne K.; Dowlatshahi, Dar; Hassan, Ayman; Kwan, Donna; Levine, Brian; Mandzia, Jennifer; Sahlas, Demetrios J.; Scott, Christopher J. M.; Strother, Stephen; Sunderland, Kelly M.; Symons, Sean; Swartz, Richard – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
Purpose: Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is common. Detecting early cognitive decline in CVD is critical because addressing risk factors may slow or prevent dementia. This study used a multidomain discourse analysis approach to determine the spoken language signature of CVD-related cognitive impairment. Method: Spoken language and…
Descriptors: Prediction, Discourse Analysis, Language Impairments, Dementia
Kester, Ellen Stubbe – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
The purpose of this tutorial is to guide speech-language pathologists in conducting speech and language evaluations remotely. Practical considerations, such as setting up the testing environment and the importance of conducting a pre-evaluation check, are discussed. Different item types and assessments are discussed with consideration of the…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Catherine Wiseman-Hakes; Maya Albin; Anna Rupert; Michelle Phoenix – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
The high prevalence of trauma world-wide is such that speech-language pathologists are likely to support clients across the lifespan with experiences of trauma, such as abuse, neglect, intergenerational and racial trauma, and exposure to structural and systemic violence. Trauma can affect peoples' neurobiology and can also impact cognitive,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Trauma Informed Approach, Counselor Client Relationship
Ebert, Kerry Danahy – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Language sample analysis (LSA) has been called the "gold standard" for clinical language assessment with children learning more than one language. The research literature discussing this clinical tool with bilingual children has grown substantially in recent years. This article reviews and synthesizes the literature on LSA in order to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Oral Language, Evaluation Methods
Sturm, Janet; Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Nitzel, Audrey – Topics in Language Disorders, 2019
The adoption of national literacy standards has resulted in writing becoming a priority for students with complex learning needs (CLN). Given extrinsic (school-based) and intrinsic (student-based) barriers, there is a need to understand how educational systems can provide innovative research- and standards-based writing instruction for these…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Ellis-Robinson, Tammy; Eacker, Halley – Topics in Language Disorders, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore how poetry writing can promote growth in social cognition, writing, and disciplinary literacy for middle school students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. An interpretive qualitative content analysis design was used to explore the instructional discourse and written products of the participants…
Descriptors: Intervention, Middle School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
