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The Role of Spontaneous Repetitions during Treatment of Morphosyntactic Forms for Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Nicholas, Katrina; Plante, Elena; Gómez, Rebecca; Vance, Rebecca – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder sometimes spontaneously repeat clinician models of morphemes targeted for treatment. We examine how spontaneous repeating of clinician models in the form of recasts associates with improved child production of those emerging morphemes. Method: Forty-seven preschool children with developmental…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Language Impairments, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages)
Identifying Demographic and Language Profiles of Children with a Primary Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Walsh, Irene P.; Scullion, Mary; Burns, Sarah; MacEvilly, Deirdre; Brosnan, Geraldine – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
As the language presentation of children with attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADHD) is highly complex, this study aims to delineate the profile of a cohort of 40 children with ADHD, aged between 9 and 12 years, attending a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). Speech and language therapists (SLTs) assessed the children on…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Language Tests, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
A Comparison of Three Methods to Evaluate Change in the Spontaneous Language of Aphasic Individuals.
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Shewan, Cynthia M.; Donner, Allan P. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
Three methods for evaluating change in the spontaneous language of aphasic subjects were compared. Clinical judgments of experienced speech language pathologists showed excellent agreement with the Shewan Spontaneous Language Analysis (SSLA) and less agreement with the Western Aphasia Battery. The SSLA was found to provide the most comprehensive…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Clinical Diagnosis, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps
Methods of Language Assessment: A Survey of California Public School Clinicians.
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Wilson, Kristine S.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
Public school speech-language clinicians (n=266) in California were surveyed regarding methods for assessing the language of children ages 4-9. Results are discussed in terms of formal and informal expressive and receptive language assessment and ways in which new assessment tools are identified and incorporated. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language, Informal Assessment, Language Handicaps
LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION, EMPIRICAL AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SCHIEFELBUSCH, RICHARD L., ED.; AND OTHERS – 1967
BASED ON A SERIES OF CONFERENCE PAPERS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, THE BOOK CONSIDERS BOTH EMPIRICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS. LITERATURE REVIEWS PROVIDE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON RELEVANT RESEARCH (68 RESEARCH, 1955-66) AND ON LANGUAGE AND MENTAL RETARDATION (149 CITATIONS, 1929-66). FURTHER PAPERS ON…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research