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Peer reviewedHess, Lucille J.; Dohrman, Kristine; Huneck, Beverly – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1997
This study surveyed routine language screening practices for infants and toddlers of 41 physicians in an urban and surrounding rural area. Findings indicated that all physician offices screened for language development with some using the Denver Developmental Scale and others using informal tools. Findings are discussed in the context of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Communication Disorders, Disability Identification, Early Identification
Download full textThompson, Marie; And Others – 1987
Focusing on the realities and constraints operating in public school settings, this book suggests ways that school personnel with responsibilities for hearing-impaired and other language-delayed children can produce effective language assessments and interventions. Following an overview of language development, the book is organized into sections…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedAllen, Doris V.; Bliss, Lynn S. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
Decisions based on the Fluharty Preschool Screening Tests and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (and their subtests) were compared to a validity criterion of passing or failing the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development for 182 children aged 36-47 months. Validity differences were found that depended on test and subtest content.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Disorders, Concurrent Validity, Handicap Identification
National Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1998
This information packet presents materials which focus on early identification of hearing impairment in infants and young children to prevent speech and language delays. A glossary of terms is followed by a summary of results of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference (1993) concerning early identification of hearing…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Disability Identification
Quin, Paul E. – 1987
This final report summarizes the activities and findings of a research project which developed a model program for preschoolers "at risk in language." A total of 22 children, including 17 children "at risk" and 5 peers, participated in the program; the children served by the project showed increased facility with language in…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Demonstration Programs, Expressive Language, High Risk Persons
Rosa-Lugo, Linda I., Ed. – Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
This volume of the Florida Journal of Communication Disorders contains the following featured articles: (1) Using Descriptive Language Assessment Procedure with African-American English Preschool Child Speakers: Advantages and Limitations (Kenyatta O. Rivers and Linda J. Lombardino), which discusses best practices for using descriptive language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Communication Disorders
