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Sirpa Tarvainen; Pauline Frizelle; Hanna Granroth-Wilding; Suvi Stolt; Kaisa Launonen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension interventions varies greatly, but the reasons for this have received little attention. Aims: The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine which…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
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Frey, Nathalie; Lüke, Carina – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
Learning academic vocabulary is a crucial task for all students, but especially challenging for students with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) and those who are multilingual. Following a participatory research strategy, we analyze whether iconic gestures can be integrated in teaching routines in an inclusive elementary school and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Nonverbal Communication, Elementary School Students
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McNeill, Brigid; McIlraith, Autumn L.; Macrae, Toby; Gath, Megan; Gillon, Gail – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe and explain changes in severity of speech sound disorder (SSD) and token-to-token inconsistency in children with high levels of inconsistency. Method: Thirty-nine children (aged 4;6-7;11 [years;months]) with SSDs and high levels of token-to-token inconsistency were assessed every 6 months for 2 years…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Speech Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Language Impairments
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Svindt, Veronika; Surányi, Balázs – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social pragmatic communication disorder (SPCD) are two neurodevelopmental disorders with many similarities in affected individuals' impairments in social-communicative and pragmatic development. A central question pertaining to their differentiation concerns whether the distinction is truly…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Problems, Neurological Impairments
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Jiménez-Romero, Ma Salud; Fernández-Urquiza, Maite; Benítez-Burraco, Antonio – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Chromosome 16p11.2 deletion syndrome (OMIM #611913) is a rare genetic condition resulting from the partial deletion of approximately 35 genes located at Chromosome 16. Affected people exhibit a variable clinical profile, featuring mild dysmorphisms, motor problems, developmental delay, mild intellectual disability (ID), socialization…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Disabilities, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
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Kristen Secora; Tara Moore – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2023
Purpose: Understanding others' mental states including thoughts (cognitive theory of mind [ToM]) and feelings (affective ToM) is an important component of communication, particularly for individuals with communication challenges. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are critical members of the team that supports these individuals; however, little…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Theory of Mind, Communication Disorders, Expressive Language