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Wilson, Kristine S.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
Public school speech-language clinicians (n=266) in California were surveyed regarding methods for assessing the language of children ages 4-9. Results are discussed in terms of formal and informal expressive and receptive language assessment and ways in which new assessment tools are identified and incorporated. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language, Informal Assessment, Language Handicaps
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Jimenez, Beatrice C. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
Spanish-speaking children of Mexican descent living in California were tested on the acquisition of 18 Spanish consonants. The 120 subjects (aged 3 to 5:7 years) were equally divided into eight age groups, and the median ages (50%) and upper age limits (90%) of customary production of each consonant were determined. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Articulation (Speech), Child Development, Child Language
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education. – 1971
Papers of the special study institute on Special Language Programming for Exceptional Children with Language Disorders focus on the following objectives: delineation of the development and functions of language as related to special language problems, clarification of the role of the speech and language specialist, and establishment of guidelines…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Education, Language Acquisition
Burgener, Clair W. – Compact, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Language Handicaps, Mild Mental Retardation, Minority Group Children
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Integrated Education, 1974
Excerpts from testimony presented at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearings on discrimination because of language, employment profile of Asian-Americans, and unemployment and underemployment. (JM)
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Language Handicaps
Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, CA. – 1977
The findings of a task force, appointed to investigate the communication gap between non-English speaking residents in Los Angeles County and available county services, are presented in this report. Two objectives dealt with are: (1) the consolidation of available data on foreign language groups in Los Angeles County and their approximate number…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Community Organizations, Community Services, County Programs
Powell, Ronald J.; And Others – 1991
This report documents efforts to develop instruments for data-gathering and to train field staff in the use of the instruments, as part of a feasibility study designed to validate a conceptual framework that describes the elements of California's special education prereferral and alternative assessment procedures for ethno-linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Coates, Nadine H.; And Others – 1969
The characteristics of pupils receiving service in speech and hearing programs are presented in detail utilizing a newly developed standard case record. The evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the case record and the identification of areas in which school clinicians have difficulty obtaining information have been incorporated into the…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Bilingual Students, Community Programs, Conference Reports
Lundin, Janet, Ed.; Clark-Thomas, Eleanor, Ed. – 1989
These guidelines serve as a model for meeting the educational needs of students with language, speech, and hearing disorders. The guidelines clarify the paperwork requirements of federal and state statutes; reduce paperwork procedures to increase instructional time to students; recommend service delivery models; provide criteria to assist in…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Dept. of Health, Sacramento. – 1979
While California has evolved the elements of a strong and responsive mental health service delivery system based on a statutory partnership among the executive office, local jurisdictions, and citizens, many groups of persons in need of mental health services remain underserved. Such is the plight of the racial/ethnic minority people, whose…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Delivery Systems
GARBEE, FREDERICK E.; STARK, EDWARD B. – 1967
PREPARED FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, CONSULTANTS, TEACHERS, SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPISTS, AND OTHER CONCERNED WITH EDUCATING COMMUNICATION HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA, THE BOOKLET OFFERS HELP IN PLANNING SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS. DISCUSSION OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNICATION HANDICAPPED CHILD COVERS A DEFINITION OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Children, Communication Problems, Educational Legislation