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Treatment Approach Considerations for Children with Speech Sound Disorders in School-Based Settings
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Cabbage, Kathryn L.; DeVeney, Shari L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Clinicians providing intervention for pediatric speech sound disorders (SSDs) have many treatment approach options from which to select. Because treatment needs vary across children based on many factors including the error type(s) present and patterns of deficit noted, these factors need to be considered early in the therapeutic process to find…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Children, Speech Therapy, Articulation (Speech)
The Phonomotor Approach to Treating Phonological-Based Language Deficits in People with Aphasia
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Kendall, Diane L.; Nadeau, Stephen E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
The phonomotor treatment program for treating word-retrieval deficits among people with aphasia is inspired by a parallel distributed processing model of lexical processing and is focused at the level of individual phonemes and phoneme sequences. Because verbal production of words involves the translation of a lexical-semantic representation into…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Lexicology, Phonology, Language Impairments
Verb Selection and Past-Tense Morphology: Crystal's Criteria Revisited
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Weiler, Brian – Topics in Language Disorders, 2013
Research findings concerning verb-level influences on past-tense morphology carry implications for the careful selection of treatment targets. Using 6 of the broad criteria for "good verbs to choose" proposed by D. Crystal (1985) more than 25 years ago as a framework, this article summarizes some of the more recent research with a nod…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphology (Languages), Morphemes, Selection Criteria
Language Characteristics of Individuals with Down Syndrome
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Martin, Gary E.; Klusek, Jessica; Estigarribia, Bruno; Roberts, Joanne E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
On average, language and communication characteristics of individuals with Down syndrome (the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability) follow a consistent profile. Despite considerable individual variability, receptive language is typically stronger than expressive language, with particular challenges in phonology and syntax. We…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Phonology, Syntax, Down Syndrome
Why Reading Comprehension Fails: Insights from Developmental Disorders
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Nation, Kate; Norbury, Courtenay Frazier – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
Developmental difficulties with reading comprehension are not uncommon. This article examines the nature of reading comprehension deficits in three groups of children: children identified as having relatively specific impairments in reading comprehension, children with autism spectrum disorder, and children with specific language impairment. The…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Language Skills, Reading Comprehension, Oral Language
Relationships among Consistency/Variability and Other Phonological Measures over Time
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Tyler, Ann A.; Lewis, Kerry E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
This article explores selected phonological measures, their relationships to one another, and how groups differentiated by such measures change over time during intervention. Relationships among global quantitative measures of severity (percent consonants correct), measures of variability/consistency, and measures of whole-word complexity and…
Descriptors: Phonology, Syllables, Word Recognition, Control Groups