The article describes characteristics and changes that occurred in a phonologically disordered child's sound system over a six-year, nine-month period. Initially producing primarily vowels, her vocalizations then developed uncommon substitutions, common substitutions, and then correct productions of target consonants. (Author/DB)

Sixteen children (ages 6-9) with articulation disorders expressed their view of the roles of speech-language pathologists, teachers, and children both in classroom and intervention settings. Children had well-demarcated role differences and were consistent in their perspectives of role-related behaviors. Children's responses differed from the…

Two groups of children with Down Syndrome, aged 13-17 (n=21) and 15-22 (n=24), were evaluated on their performances on 26 consonants. Results indicated patterns of delayed and deviant articulatory performances in both groups, particularly in connected speech and particularly in older subjects, who had received little or no speech-language…

Forty-seven children (ages 6 to 14) with mild mental retardation, of whom 27 also had an articulation disorder, were evaluated to identify distinguishing characteristics. Task performance results successfully discriminated 89.3 percent of the children with articulation disorders and 80 percent of the children with normal articulation. Fine motor…