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The Efficiency of an Explicit Approach to Improve Complex Syntax in French-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder: A Pilot Study
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Hélène Delage; Emily Stanford; Pauline Garnier; Emilie Oriol; Eléonore Morin – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have persistent language difficulties in complex syntax. To date, few studies have examined the effectiveness of syntactic training focusing on complex grammar, with no existing studies having been done in French. In English, the SHAPE CODING (SC) system, which combines shapes and colors…
Descriptors: French, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
Is the Total Communication Approach Effective for Children with Complex Speech, Language and Communication Needs?
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Jessie Luckins; Georgina Tongue; Judy Clegg – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
Total Communication is a collaborative intervention approach delivered by teachers and speech and language therapists (SLTs) to support children with complex speech language and communication needs (SLCN). Total Communication combines the intervention approaches of active learning and support for speech using augmentative and alternative…
Descriptors: Total Communication, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
Collaborative Working between Speech and Language Therapists and Teaching Staff in Mainstream UK Primary Schools: A Scoping Review
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Alys Mathers; Nicola Botting; Rebecca Moss; Helen Spicer-Cain – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
Support for school-age children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) usually takes place within the school setting. Successful outcomes for children with SLCN rely on effective collaborative working between speech and language therapists (SLTs), school staff and families. We need to understand the current evidence regarding the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Elementary Schools
Speech and Language Therapists' Perceptions of Contextual Factors Associated with Communicative Participation in Children with Developmental Language Disorders
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Ingrid Singer; Ellen Gerrits; Jan Willem Gorter; Margreet Luinge – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
Children with developmental language disorders (DLDs) may experience barriers to communicative participation. Communicative participation is defined as 'participation in life situations in which knowledge, information, ideas or feelings are exchanged'. Barriers experienced in communicative participation cannot be explained by language competence…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Counselor Attitudes
Small-Group Vocabulary Intervention Combining Elements from Shared Book Reading and the Lexicon Pirate Method -- A Pilot Study of Multilingual Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
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Simon Sundström; Moa Höglund; Rebecca Sällberg; Hanna Walsö – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
Multilingual children living in areas with low socioeconomic status (SES) are at an increased risk of having speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Many multilingual children with SLCN in Sweden have insufficient basic vocabulary knowledge in the majority language, preventing them from achieving the school's learning goals. However,…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Vocabulary, Intervention, Multilingualism