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Direct linkHadley, Elizabeth Burke; Scott, Molly; Foster, Matthew E.; Dickinson, David K.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
This study examined preschool teachers' fidelity in implementing a vocabulary intervention. The purpose of the study is to inform the scaling up of vocabulary interventions, identifying strategies that are both feasible for teachers and effective for vocabulary learning. We analyzed data from a vocabulary intervention in which teachers (n = 10)…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Fidelity, Curriculum Implementation, Vocabulary Development
Krok, Windi; Norton, Elizabeth S.; Buchheit, Mary Kate; Harriott, Emily M.; Wakschlag, Lauren; Hadley, Pamela A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
Although language samples are child-friendly and well-suited for obtaining global measures of language production, structured protocols have the potential to elicit many different exemplars of language structures in a shorter amount of time. We created a structured elicitation protocol, the Sentence Diversity Priming Task (SDPT), to efficiently…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Sentences, Language Skills, Picture Books
Guiberson, Mark – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
The aim of this article was to evaluate the use of alternatives to traditional language sample analysis (LSA) measures with bilingual preschool-aged children. A database of 184 bilingual preschool children, including children with developmental language disorder (DLD), was used in this study. The goals of the study were to establish the convergent…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Bilingualism, Language Skills, Language Impairments
Sonali Nag; Gideon Arulmani; Dhir Jhingran; Jelena Mirkovic; Alis Oancea; Margaret Snowling – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
High-quality oral language interventions support children's readiness for formal literacy instruction, and yet guidance for multilingual classrooms is not available. To address this gap, we drew on the empirical literature on linguistically diverse learners, classroom linguistic environments, and usage-based theories to identify principles for…
Descriptors: Oral Language, School Readiness, Heuristics, Teaching Methods
Sandra Gillam; Lauren Horton; Meagan Reynolds; Adeiye Oluwaseun-Sobo; Jennifer Topple; Samantha Walters; Annelies Lippert; Shelby Gentry; Karissa Cummings; Ryan Sainsbury; Ronald Gillam – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
This project drew upon evidence in the field of professional learning and development (PLD) in education to create and evaluate a PLD program to foster the use of narrative intervention evidence-based practices by classroom teachers working with students with language and literacy difficulties (LLD) in Grades 3 through 5. The primary aim of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Elementary School Students, Language Impairments
Spencer, Elizabeth; Bryant, Lucy; Colyvas, Kim – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Variability is common in language sample analysis (LSA), arising from personal factors such as age or level of education, or from factors within the text such as its length and purpose. Variability can affect interpretation of results in clinical practice and research studies, as well as the ability to detect change in individuals over time. This…
Descriptors: Sampling, Language Impairments, Evaluation Methods, Evidence Based Practice
Roberts, Angela; Aveni, Katharine; Basque, Shalane; Orange, Joseph B.; McLaughlin, Paula; Ramirez, Joel; Troyer, Angela K.; Gutierrez, Stephanie; Chen, Angie; Bartha, Robert; Binns, Malcolm A.; Black, Sandra E.; Casaubon, Leanne K.; Dowlatshahi, Dar; Hassan, Ayman; Kwan, Donna; Levine, Brian; Mandzia, Jennifer; Sahlas, Demetrios J.; Scott, Christopher J. M.; Strother, Stephen; Sunderland, Kelly M.; Symons, Sean; Swartz, Richard – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
Purpose: Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is common. Detecting early cognitive decline in CVD is critical because addressing risk factors may slow or prevent dementia. This study used a multidomain discourse analysis approach to determine the spoken language signature of CVD-related cognitive impairment. Method: Spoken language and…
Descriptors: Prediction, Discourse Analysis, Language Impairments, Dementia
Sturm, Janet; Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Nitzel, Audrey – Topics in Language Disorders, 2019
The adoption of national literacy standards has resulted in writing becoming a priority for students with complex learning needs (CLN). Given extrinsic (school-based) and intrinsic (student-based) barriers, there is a need to understand how educational systems can provide innovative research- and standards-based writing instruction for these…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Ellis-Robinson, Tammy; Eacker, Halley – Topics in Language Disorders, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore how poetry writing can promote growth in social cognition, writing, and disciplinary literacy for middle school students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. An interpretive qualitative content analysis design was used to explore the instructional discourse and written products of the participants…
Descriptors: Intervention, Middle School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Kargl, Reinhard; Landerl, Karin – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
German orthography has highly consistent grapheme-phoneme correspondences, whereas the consistency of phoneme-grapheme correspondences is much lower, but morphological consistency is very high. After giving a short description of German language and orthography, the current article reviews earlier findings on early spelling acquisition, showing…
Descriptors: Phonology, German, Elementary School Students, Spelling
Wright, Jim; Sohlberg, McKay Moore; Watson-Stites, Ryann; McCart, Melissa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
Purpose: This retrospective case series utilized clinical data mining (CDM) to understand the potential key components in an integrated treatment approach delivered by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) treating adolescents experiencing persistent cognitive effects postconcussion. The first purpose was to describe the profiles of students treated…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Adolescents, Head Injuries
Minga, Jamila; Johnson, Melissa; Blake, Margaret Lehman; Fromm, Davida; MacWhinney, Brian – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
Purpose: Right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) commonly causes pragmatic language disorders that are apparent in discourse production. Specific characteristics and approaches to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders are not well-defined. RHDBank, a shared database of multimedia interactions for the study of communication using…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Databases, Pragmatics, Language Impairments
Petersen, Douglas B.; Mesquita, Meredith W.; Spencer, Trina D.; Waldron, Jessica – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
This early-stage feasibility study investigated the effects of a multitiered oral narrative language intervention on oral language, reading comprehension, and writing. Twenty-eight second-grade students participated in this quasi-experimental control group study with assignment at the classroom level. The independent variable was large- and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Pretests Posttests, Phrase Structure
Lesaux, Nonie K.; Harris, Julie Russ – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
This mixed-methods study examines the reading skills and processes of early adolescent Latino English learners demonstrating below-average reading comprehension performance (N = 41, mean age = 13 years). Standardized measures were used to estimate participants' word reading and vocabulary knowledge, and interviews were conducted to examine reading…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Reading Skills, Reading Processes, Early Adolescents
Kaye, Rosalind C.; Cherney, Leora R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Purpose: Script training for aphasia involves repeated practice of relevant phrases and sentences that, when mastered, can potentially be used in other communicative situations. Although an increasingly popular approach, script development can be time-consuming. We provide a detailed summary of the evidence supporting this approach. We then…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Impairments, Scripts, Teaching Methods
