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Hatcher, Allison; Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Sese, Kenneth – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2019
Providing evidence-based early intervention (EI) to caregivers is an effective way to promote development in young children. EI services in the United States have decreased risk factors associated with language impairment (LI) as they help improve both short and long-term outcomes for both caregivers and children. The positive results for EI…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caregivers, Early Intervention, Coaching (Performance)
DeVeney, Shari L.; Hagman, Jessica L. – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2016
Clinical Questions: Would a child who is a late talker (P) show greater improvement with parent-implemented intervention models (I) or with clinician-directed intervention models (C) as shown by improvements in expressive language skills (O)? If so, under what circumstances? Method: Literature Review. Study Sources: Education Source, ERIC,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
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Longobardi, Emiddia; Spataro, Pietro; Frigerio, Alessandra; Rescorla, Leslie – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The present study examined the relation between language and social ability in a sample of 268 preschoolers aged 18-35 months. Expressive language was assessed with the Italian adaptation of the Language Development Survey (LDS), and Social Competence was assessed with the Questionnaire on Peer Interactions in the Kindergarten (QPI). Results…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Language, Linguistic Competence, Interpersonal Competence
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Stockall, Nancy; Dennis, Lindsay R. – Young Children, 2012
Approximately 228,000 children from birth to age 3 are affected by a disability. Developmental challenges may include severe, chronic disabilities that can begin at birth and last a lifetime. Delayed speech and language are the most common types of developmental delays among infants and toddlers. Many of these children are at risk for later…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Developmental Delays, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Communication
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Vandam, Mark; Ide-Helvie, Dana; Moeller, Mary Pat – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
This work investigates the developmental aspects of the duration of point vowels in children with normal hearing compared with those with hearing aids and cochlear implants at 4 and 5 years of age. Younger children produced longer vowels than older children, and children with hearing loss (HL) produced longer and more variable vowels than their…
Descriptors: Vowels, Hearing Impairments, Developmental Delays, Assistive Technology
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Levin, Karen; Haines, Sarah – Child Care in Practice, 2007
Orphanage life places children at risk of developmental delay, particularly with regard to speech and language acquisition. The aim of this study was to evaluate opportunities for children in an orphanage in South Africa to acquire communicative competence, by examining adult-child and child-child interactions and by evaluating the structure and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Caregiver Training, Infants, Foreign Countries