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Heilmann, John; Miller, Jon F. – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2023
Purpose: In the early 1980s, researchers and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) collaborated to develop the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT). Research and development over the ensuing decades has culminated into SALT Solutions, a set of tools to assist SLPs to efficiently complete language sample analysis (LSA) with their…
Descriptors: Sampling, Language Usage, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Pavelko, Stacey L.; Owens, Robert E., Jr. – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2023
Purpose: The purposes of this tutorial are (a) to describe a method of language sample analysis (LSA) referred to as SUGAR (Sampling Utterances and Grammatical Analysis Revised) and (b) to offer step-by-step instructions detailing how to collect, transcribe, analyze, and interpret the results of a SUGAR language sample. Method: The tutorial begins…
Descriptors: Sampling, Language Tests, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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McWeeny, Sean; Norton, Elizabeth S. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Event-related potentials (ERPs), which are electrophysiological neural responses time-locked to a stimulus, have become an increasingly common tool in language and communication disorders research. They can provide complementary evidence to behavioural measures as well as unique perspectives on communication disorders. ERPs have the…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Responses, Neurosciences
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Bishop, D. V. M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Our ability to look at structure and function of a living brain has increased exponentially since the early 1970s. Many studies of developmental disorders now routinely include a brain imaging or electrophysiological component. Amid current enthusiasm for applications of neuroscience to educational interventions, we need to pause to…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Intervention, Language Impairments, Children
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Meline, Timothy; Paradiso, Teri – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2003
This article examines the clinician/researcher relationship, suggests directions for improving the relationship, and discusses avenues for transferring research information to clinical practice. An eight-step model for transferring research studies to practice is adopted and three steps are targeted for discussion and illustration. A case study…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Naremore, Rita C. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Explains how many of the narratives told by children are mapped onto frameworks carried in long-term memory. Assessment methods that speech-language pathologists can use to determine whether a child can use narrative frameworks and how to explain the assessment results are discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Data Interpretation, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods
Crowley, Catherine J. – 2003
This digest discusses the difficulty of assessing the speech and language of culturally and linguistically diverse students and recommends strategies for identifying communication disorders. It begins by reviewing what qualifies as a communication disorder, discussing the limitations of speech and language tests, and outlining test considerations.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Cultural Influences, Data Collection