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Shahrzad Rezaee Rezvan; Mahdieh Rezaee Rezvan; Seyedeh Nastaran Asad zadeh; Seyed Saeed Torabi; Moslem Taheri Soodejani; Hamed Ghasemzadeh-moghaddam; Mehri Firozeh; Atefe sajedi; Faezeh Rohani; Nima Firouzeh – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The present study examines the effectiveness of play therapy (based on the cognitive-behavioural approach) and puppet play therapy in expressive\ receptive language disorders of the studied population. Here, we imported 45 female bilingual preschool children to our research. Their expressive\ receptive language disorders have been approved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Females, Bilingual Students
Sirpa Tarvainen; Pauline Frizelle; Hanna Granroth-Wilding; Suvi Stolt; Kaisa Launonen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension interventions varies greatly, but the reasons for this have received little attention. Aims: The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine which…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
Amy K. Peterson; Teresa A. Ukrainetz – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: This study investigated the effects of Sketch and Speak strategy intervention on expressive and receptive expository discourse for adolescents with language-related learning disabilities (LLD). Method: Three participants completed baseline and twelve 45- to 60-min individual treatment sessions in a multiple-baseline across participants…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Language Impairments, Intervention, Notetaking
Luckins, Jessie M.; Clarke, Michael T. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2021
Children with partially intelligible speech and language difficulties are often provided with speech-generating devices (SGDs) to support their spoken communication. However, little is known about how SGDs can be used best to facilitate language development. This study evaluated the effects of a conversation-based intervention using SGDs, on the…
Descriptors: Children, Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intelligibility
Ying Guo; Allison Breit; Yanli Xie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: The primary aim of the study was to examine the association between early childhood practitioners' use of language facilitation strategies during interactive book reading of informational texts related to science and the language skills of preschool children with developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: Twenty-four practitioners (12…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Reading, Preschool Children, Language Impairments
Niloufar Jalali-Moghadam; Hanne B. Søndergaard Knudsen; Ewa Czaplewska; Silvia Nieva; Marja Laasonen; Ellen Gerrits; Cristina McKean; James Law – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
The present study aimed to investigate (1) whether country categories and type of DLD predict the type of therapy (direct, indirect, and mixed) the child receives, and (2) whether there is an association between country categories, type of therapy, and type of DLD (receptive, expressive, and mixed). European countries were categorised based on…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Intervention, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays
Kelley, Lauren E.; McCann, James P. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: This case study describes the language evaluation and treatment of a 5-year-old boy, Lucas, who is Deaf, uses American Sign Language (ASL), and presented with a language disorder despite native access to ASL and no additional diagnosis that would explain the language difficulties. Method: Lucas participated in an evaluation where his…
Descriptors: Deafness, Young Children, American Sign Language, Language Impairments
Robert Reed Senter Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a well-documented association between developmental language disorder (DLD) and executive function (EF) deficits. These co-occurring deficits pose risks to students' short- and long-term academic and social outcomes. In the United States, school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are tasked to ensure that students with DLD are able…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Language Impairments, Comorbidity, Allied Health Personnel
Macdonald, Dianne; Luk, Gigi; Quintin, Eve-Marie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and hyperlexia (HPL) have both advanced word reading skills and a reading comprehension disorder, alongside impaired oral language. We developed a unique, parent-supported, tablet-based intervention aiming to improve oral and reading comprehension at the word-, phrase- and sentence-level, for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Handheld Devices
Buzhardt, Jay; Wallisch, Anna; Irvin, Dwight; Boyd, Brian; Salley, Brenda; Jia, Fan – Journal of Early Intervention, 2022
One of the earliest indicators of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is delay in language and social communication. Despite consensus on the benefits of earlier diagnosis and intervention, our understanding of the language growth of children with ASD during the first years of life remains limited. Therefore, this study compared communication growth…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toddlers, Expressive Language
Kristen Secora; Tara Moore – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2023
Purpose: Understanding others' mental states including thoughts (cognitive theory of mind [ToM]) and feelings (affective ToM) is an important component of communication, particularly for individuals with communication challenges. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are critical members of the team that supports these individuals; however, little…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Theory of Mind, Communication Disorders, Expressive Language
Towson, Jacqueline A.; Green, Katherine B.; Abarca, Diana L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
We examined how educating paraprofessionals in preschool classrooms on dialogic reading (DR) affected their storybook reading and effects on children's single word vocabulary. Through a single-case multiple-probe across participants design including four paraprofessionals and eight preschool children, we identified a functional relation between…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Preschool Children, Language Impairments, Vocabulary
Wang, Haiyan; Yu, Haopeng – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2023
This paper attempts to investigate the repetition of Relative Clauses (RCs) in Mandarin children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) (aged 4; 5 to 6; 0) and their typically developing (TD) peers. The results of a sentence repetition task indicate that Mandarin children with DLD perform significantly worse than both groups of TD children,…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Phrase Structure, Mandarin Chinese, Language Acquisition
Lowe, Hilary; Henry, Lucy; Müller, Lisa-Maria; Joffe, Victoria L. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Language disorder and associated vocabulary difficulties can persist into adolescence, and can impact on long-term life outcomes. Previous reviews have shown that a variety of intervention techniques can successfully enhance students' vocabulary skills; however, none has investigated vocabulary intervention specifically for adolescents…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Phonology, Semantics
Bichay-Awadalla, Krystal; Qi, Cathy Huaqing; Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J.; Carta, Judith J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal, bidirectional relationship between language skills and behavior problems in a sample of 194 preschool children enrolled in Head Start programs. Children were individually assessed using the "Preschool Language Scale-5," and teachers completed the "Child Behavior…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Low Income Groups, Receptive Language, Expressive Language