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Ritchotte, Jennifer A.; Zaghlawan, Hasan Y. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2019
This study investigated the impact of training and coaching parents to use a higher level questioning strategy during shared reading time at home on the expressive language complexity of their young twice-exceptional children. Four parents were trained and coached to use higher level questions, based on the revised Bloom's taxonomy, with their…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Parents, Questioning Techniques, Children
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Anderson, Alida; Berry, Katherine A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2017
This study examined the influence of tableau on the expressive language skills of three students with language-based learning disabilities in inclusive urban fourth-grade English language arts (ELA) classroom settings. Data were collected on linguistic productivity, specificity, and narrative cohesion through analysis of students' responses to…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Skills, Oral Language, Language Impairments
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Cass, Richard J. – Journal of Education, 2011
Recent reports indicate that the expressive writing needs of students who struggle have become a critical and life-influencing problem. This article provides an overview of current research on the writing needs of students with LD and a practitioner-based reflection on the Singer and Bashir EmPOWER approach, a resource that can help teachers meet…
Descriptors: Reflection, Learning Disabilities, Children, Student Empowerment
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Benner, Gregory J.; Mattison, Richard E.; Nelson, J. Ron; Ralston, Nicole C. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of four types of language disorders among public school students (N = 152) classified as Emotional Disturbance (ED). We also examined the association of the types of language disorders experienced by these students with specific learning disabilities and clinical levels of specific types of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Language Impairments
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Watemberg, Nathan; Waiserberg, Nilly; Zuk, Luba; Lerman-Sagie, Tally – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Although physical therapy (PT) is effective in improving motor function in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), insufficient data are available on the impact of this intervention in children with combined attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and DCD. This prospective study aimed to establish the prevalence of DCD…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Patients
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Keller-Bell, Yolanda; Fox, Robert A. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2007
Few studies have examined the ability of individuals with learning disabilities, in general, or with Down syndrome, specifically, to discriminate speech. The purpose of this study was compare the speech discrimination abilities of eight children with Down syndrome (aged 5.7 to 12.8 years) to seven nonverbal mental-age matched controls (aged 4.0 to…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Auditory Discrimination, Down Syndrome, Comparative Analysis