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Jessica M. Lammert; Angela C. Roberts; Ken McRae; Laura J. Batterink; Blake E. Butler – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Recent advances in artificial intelligence provide opportunities to capture and represent complex features of human language in a more automated manner, offering potential means of improving the efficiency of language assessment. This review article presents computerized approaches for the analysis of narrative language and identification…
Descriptors: Identification, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Barriers
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Sulek, Rhylee; Smith, Jodie; Bent, Catherine Anne; Hudry, Kristelle; Trembath, David; Vivanti, Giacomo; Dissanayake, Cheryl – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: There is growing understanding of the potential benefits of a multi-method approach to accurately capture language skills of children on the autism spectrum. Tools such as Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) provide an efficient means of capturing and analysing early child vocalizations (CVs) and the language learning environment.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Skills, Verbal Communication
Norah M. Almubark – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Narrative is the art of conveying a sequence of causally and temporally linked events through monologic telling. Various functions can be served through narratives including sharing experiences, expressing ideas, providing entertainment, and imparting cultural or social values. Narrative language represents an authentic type of language that is…
Descriptors: Narration, Oral Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention
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Waine, Hannah; Bates, Sally; Frizelle, Pauline; Oh, Tomasina M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: In 2016/17, the CATALISE Consortium published the results of a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study, representing agreement among professionals about the definition and process of identification of children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) (Bishop et al., 2016, 2017). The extent to which the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy
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Katrina Fulcher-Rood; Anny Castilla-Earls – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare child language assessment practices of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in school and non-school settings to determine if their place of employment impacts the diagnostic decision-making process. Method: School-based SLPs (e.g., direct service providers employed in preschool and/or K-12…
Descriptors: Child Language, Speech Language Pathology, Language Tests, Allied Health Personnel
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Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Friedrich, Nicola – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
We report on our analysis of talk during an assessment task where we asked children living in northern Canadian communities to draw and write about activities they share with family and friends in their daily lives. We introduce a language as context approach to assessing young children's (ages 4-6 years) literacy and sociocultural knowledge,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Freehand Drawing, Literacy
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Murphy, Kimberly A.; Springle, Alisha P.; Sultani, Mollee J.; McIlraith, Autumn – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Analysis of narrative language samples is a recommended clinical practice in the assessment of children's language skills, but we know little about how results from such analyses relate to overall oral language ability across the early school years. We examined the relations between language sample metrics from a short narrative retell,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Oral Language, Language Skills, Story Telling
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Lim, Sarah; Levickis, Penny; Eadie, Patricia – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
Research evidence suggests children experiencing adversity are at risk of language disparities in early childhood. This puts these children at risk of poor language outcomes, perpetuating disadvantage in later development and academic life. This study aimed to investigate associations between Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) attendance,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, At Risk Persons