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Jane McCormack; Kerry Ttofari; Deborah Denman; Gaenor Dixon; Sharon Crosbie; Anna Cronin – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: For speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in schools, outcome measurement is an important element of practice, enabling us to evaluate the efficacy of our service provision and guiding future decision making, funding, and resource allocation. When selecting outcomes to measure, it is helpful to consider both the level at which…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Response to Intervention, Speech Impairments
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Anne C. Reed; Kelly Farquharson – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: Situated within the conservation of resources theory, this study sought to understand how resources such as self-efficacy, job satisfaction, caseload size, and geographic location influence the number of data sources used by school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to determine eligibility. Method: Using a cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Self Efficacy, Decision Making, Job Satisfaction
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Byrd, Courtney T.; Logan, Kenneth J.; Gillam, Ronald B. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2012
Purpose: This study was designed to (a) compare the speech fluency of school-age children who do and do not stutter (CWS and CWNS, respectively) within 2 standard diagnostic speaking contexts (conversation and narration) while also controlling for speaking topic, and (b) examine the extent to which children's performance on such discourse tasks is…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Stuttering, Narration, Story Telling
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Baker, Elise; McLeod, Sharynne – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2011
Purpose: This article provides a comprehensive narrative review of intervention studies for children with speech sound disorders (SSD). Its companion paper (Baker & McLeod, 2011) provides a tutorial and clinical example of how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can engage in evidence-based practice (EBP) for this clinical population. Method:…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research Design, Intervention, Speech Language Pathology
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Bedwinek, Anne P.; Kummer, Ann W.; Rice, Gale B.; Grames, Lynn Marty – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to obtain information regarding the education and experience of preschool and school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) regarding the assessment and treatment of children born with cleft lip and/or palate and to determine their continuing education needs in this area. Method: A 16-item mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Congenital Impairments, Communication Disorders, Speech Language Pathology
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Mullen, Robert; Schooling, Tracy – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA's) National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS) was developed in the late 1990s. The primary purpose was to serve as a source of data for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who found themselves called on to provide empirical evidence of the functional outcomes associated with their…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Speech Language Pathology, Outcomes of Treatment, Data Collection
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Scott, Cheryl M. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2009
Purpose: This article addresses sentence comprehension as a requirement of reading comprehension within the framework of the narrow view of reading that was advocated in the prologue to this forum. The focus is on the comprehension requirements of complex sentences, which are characteristic of school texts. Method: Topics included in this…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Syntax, Speech Language Pathology