The primary school Turkish program was basically built on three learning domains. These are the learning domains of verbal communication, reading and writing. The purpose of the present study is to determine primary school teachers' practices and difficulties related to students considered to have undiognosed verbal communication, reading and…

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders experience pervasive social and communication skill deficits. One of the most popular treatment recommendations to address these deficits is the use of social stories. Although social stories are beneficial at reducing many disruptive behaviors, empirical evidence for their use to increase social and…

Examined how third and fifth grade students who are poor communicators differ from those who are good communicators. Poor communicators were less effective on a self communication task than good communicators, and they did not engage in comparison activity even for their own private understanding. (GO)

An analysis of communication difficulties experienced by Australian children of lower socio-economic status and/or immigrant background led to the development of a program aimed at helping 8-12 year olds develop linguistic selection rules necessary for effective information transfer and processing. (Author/MLW)

This study used a variation of the two-child communication situation in order to determine in what way, and how successfully, a small set of schoolrelated relational concepts would be communicated by inner-city elementary school black children. Included for comparative purposes was a test of comprehension of the standard version of the concepts.…

Studies interaction between classroom teachers and limited English proficient international students. Concludes that student teachers were less successful communicators than their cooperating teachers because the student teachers lacked sociocultural and experiential elements. (FMW)