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Words Are Not Enough: Providing the Context for Social Communication and Interaction
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Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
This article elucidates the unfolding of 3 phases of cognitive development through which typical children move during the first 2 years of life to illuminate the interrelationships among early cognition, communicative intention, and word-learning strategies. The resulting theoretical framework makes clear the developmental prerequisites for social…
Descriptors: Young Children, Interpersonal Communication, Social Environment, Interaction
Clinical Therapy Data as Learning Process: The First Year of Clinical Training and beyond
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Epstein, Laura – Topics in Language Disorders, 2008
The importance of the clinical therapy data in the learning process and clinical training is demonstrated. A complex interaction of reflection and practice through several different strategies and processes is necessary for the data collection by the students is discussed.
Descriptors: Therapy, Data Collection, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Occupations Education
Transcription of Vowels.
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Pollock, Karen E.; Berni, Mary C. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article addresses the special problems of transcribing vowels in the evaluation of speech samples. It reviews the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols and diacritics for transcribing vowels and discusses their importance in the transcription of disordered speech and dialect variation. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Transcription of Suprasegmentals.
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Snow, David – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article reviews conventions for transcribing suprasegmental features in spoken English. It proposes that symbols based on the International Phonetic Alphabet and its recent extensions be supplemented, in the area of intonation, by selected tonetic stress marks and examples of the autosegmental notation used in the Tone and Break Indices…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Phonetic Transcription of Disordered Speech.
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Powell, Thomas W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article reviews major approaches to the transcription of disordered speech using the International Alphabet (IPA). Application of selected symbols for transcribing non-English sounds is highlighted in clinical examples, as are commonly used diacritic symbols. Included is an overview of the IPA extensions for transcription of atypical speech,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Management of Discourse in Group Therapy for Aphasia
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Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Elman, Roberta J.; Holland, Audrey L.; Damico, Jack S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
A qualitative study of group therapy for aphasia was undertaken in order to discover interaction patterns and discourse management strategies that help define "social" or "conversation" group therapy for aphasia. Specifically, an analysis of the discourse of clients and therapists was conducted to identify patterns across therapists and settings.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Group Therapy, Psychotherapy, Speech Therapy
Transcribing the Speech of Young Children.
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Stoel-Gammon, Carol – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article offers a framework for collecting and analyzing speech samples to evaluate the phonological skills of young children, or of older children with delayed speech. A protocol for phonetic transcription is provided along with a discussion of the use of diacritics. The special problems of transcribing "fuzzy speech" are addressed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Data Collection, Delayed Speech
Intervention Outcomes: A Clinical Application of Qualitative Methods.
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Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Damico, Jack S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
Assessment methods adapted from qualitative research including ethnographic interviewing and journal writing were applied to the case of an adult with aphasia. By analyzing reports of the client and significant others over the course of treatment, changes in social participation and psychosocial well being were documented. These descriptive data…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Language: Evidence-Based Practice and Language Activity Monitoring
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Hill, Katya – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
The goal of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is the most effective communication possible. Speech-language pathologists are obligated to collect data, measure communication, and apply the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP). This article presents a model for EBP that represents how collecting and evaluating performance data…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization