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Howe, Tami – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
Lack of communicatively supportive opportunities for social participation is a critical barrier for many people with aphasia. Speech-language pathologists need to address this barrier by playing a key role in ensuring that adults with aphasia have appropriate social participation choices in their communities. Speech-language pathologists may…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Disorders, Barriers, Inclusion
Gerber, Sima – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
In this article, the breadth and depth of play as an integrating process for children with developmental challenges are explored. The fact that play is a source of developmental growth suggests that its role in intervention with children with language and communication disorders cannot be overstated. Several contemporary play-based intervention…
Descriptors: Play, Children, Intervention, Autism
Westby, Carol; Robinson, Lee – Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
Social neuroscience research has resulted in changing views of the theory of mind (ToM) construct. Theory of mind is no longer viewed as a unitary construct, but rather as a multidimensional construct comprising cognitive and affective ToM and interpersonal and intrapersonal ToM, each of which has differing neurophysiological/neuroanatomical…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Theory of Mind, Pragmatics, Interpersonal Communication
Richards, Stephanie A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
Many students currently are enrolled in colleges and universities across the country with language disorders and/or learning disabilities (LLD). The majority of these students struggle with writing, creating a need to identify and provide them with writing intervention services. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) may provide this intervention;…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, College Students, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
Weiss, Amy L.; Rohland, Pamela – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
This article describes the operation of a Communication Coaching Program, which was designed to provide supports for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) attending the University of Rhode Island. To succeed in college programs, many students with ASDs need access to specialized programming and personnel who are able to foster their…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Coaching (Performance), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hyter, Yvette D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
The field of speech-language pathology needs a conceptual framework to guide the provision of services in a globalized world. Proposed in this article is a conceptual framework designed to facilitate responsive global engagement for professionals such as speech-language pathologists, who are increasingly serving diverse populations around the…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Global Approach, Models, Allied Health Personnel
Retherford, Kristine S.; Schreiber, Linda R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
Camp Campus is a 1-week campus experience for juniors or seniors in high school or high school graduates who are diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Asperger syndrome, or a related social communication disorder and who plan to attend college. Participants experience campus life by partaking of campus services, living and dining on campus,…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Students, High School Graduates, College Bound Students
Sturm, Janet M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
This article describes comprehensive, high-quality writing instruction for students with developmental disabilities. The Enriched Writers' Workshop combines differentiated writing process instruction with social communication instruction and cognitive strategy instruction for students with complex writing needs across a wide range of ages. It…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Process Approach (Writing), Developmental Disabilities, Communication Disorders
Murphy, Melissa M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Language problems can be associated with specific genetic syndromes, such as Klinefelter syndrome and fragile X syndrome, even in the absence of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Turner syndrome, a relatively common genetic disorder, is caused by the complete or partial absence of 1 of the 2 X chromosomes typically present in women. The…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Congenital Impairments, Females, Speech Language Pathology
Glista, Sandra O.; Pollens, Robin D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
An Aphasia Communication Enhancement program in which therapeutic roles are modified to include roles associated with a life participation approach to aphasia (LPAA) is discussed.
Descriptors: Aphasia, Group Therapy, Therapeutic Environment, Communication Disorders
Attending to Relationships: Attachment Formation within Families of Internationally Adopted Children
Wilson, Samantha L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
The child-caregiver relationship has long been recognized as crucial to social-emotional functioning and later development. Specifically, the consistency with which caregivers interact with young children in warm, supportive ways is related to optimal early development. This may be especially critical in the families formed by international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Attachment Behavior, Adoption
Walsh, Irene P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
Small talk has received only limited attention related to its role in general clinical contexts. Interaction in the speech-language pathologist clinic provides a forum for exploring the role of small talk. Although its value is recognized in some speech-language pathologist contexts, little systematic analysis has been undertaken. This paper…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Communication Disorders, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy
Hwa-Froelich, Deborah A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Approximately 20,000 children are adopted from foreign countries each year. Of these children, approximately 46% are adopted before they are 12 months old and 43% are adopted between 1 and 4 years of age. The development of children adopted from abroad before or by 2 years of age is the focus of this article. Given the impoverished language input…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Intervention, Toddlers, Infants
Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Research on the language development of internationally adopted children has increased substantially in the past few years, with a variety of methods used to measure language abilities in this population, including parent and teacher reports, norm-referenced tests, conversational and narrative language samples, and other procedures. These…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Impairments, Adoption, Language Acquisition
Mervis, Carolyn B. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Williams syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deletion of approximately 25 genes on chromosome 7q11.23. Children with the syndrome evidence large individual differences in both broad language and reading abilities. Nevertheless, as a group, children with this syndrome show a consistent pattern characterized by relative…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonics, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability