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Mayer, Jamie F.; Murray, Laura L. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Purpose: Many adults with aphasia demonstrate concomitant deficits in working memory (WM), but such deficits are difficult to quantify because of a lack of validated measures as well as the complex interdependence between language and WM. We examined the feasibility, reliability, and internal consistency of an "n"-back task for…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Reaction Time, Aphasia, Short Term Memory
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Carr, Edward G.; Owen-DeSchryver, Jamie S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
There is growing interest in the role that physical illness and pain might play in exacerbating problem behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. Assessment of these factors, however, is often difficult since many individuals have minimal verbal communication skills. In response to this difficulty, we developed a sequential method…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Communication Skills
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Stewart, Mary E.; Barnard, Louise; Pearson, Joanne; Hasan, Reem; O'Brien, Gregory – Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
Depression is common in autism and Asperger syndrome, but despite this, there has been little research into this issue. This review considers the current literature on the prevalence, presentation, treatment and assessment of depression in autism and Asperger syndrome. There are diagnostic difficulties when considering depression in autism and…
Descriptors: Sleep, Depression (Psychology), Autism, Asperger Syndrome
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Schlosser, Ralf W. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2004
Evaluation of client progress is an important topic in communicative disorders research and clinical literature. Goal attainment scaling (GAS) is a technique for evaluating individual progress toward goals. Despite recognition of GAS as a clinical-outcome assessment technique in other clinical professions, the current debate on measuring client…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Client Characteristics, Communication Disorders, Individual Development
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Bain, Barbara A.; Dollaghan, Christine A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
This paper proposes a definition of clinically significant change in communication ability and suggests three evaluation criteria, including determining whether the change resulted from treatment rather than uncontrolled factors, whether the change was real rather than random, and whether the change was important rather than trivial. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Change, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Definitions
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Campbell, Thomas F.; Bain, Barbara A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
This paper addresses the issue of when a child should be discharged from language intervention, by integrating the concept of multiple treatment outcomes into existing frameworks of treatment dismissal. Techniques are offered for evaluating a child's progress toward attainment of ultimate, intermediate, and instrumental outcomes. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Sabers, Darrell L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
This article considers the models and beliefs of language clinicians, as reflected by their choice of specific assessment instruments or measurement methods. Differences in construct and philosophy are demonstrated in a review of personality and vocational preference inventories and several subtests of sentence production. (DB)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods