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Direct linkEmily Jackson; Alana Portacio; Mark Boyes; Julie Townsend; Suze Leitão – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2025
High school students attending Flexible Learning Programmes (FLPs) experience more speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) than those in mainstream, which may impact their academic engagement, socioemotional health, and future employment. We explored the effectiveness of a pilot workshop designed to increase educators' confidence to…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Teacher Workshops, Program Effectiveness
Thomas J. Kehle; Melissa A. Bray; Melissa M. Root; Lea A. Theodore; Marisa A. del Campo – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Shortly after accepting my current position as a professor at the University of Connecticut in 1987, I was asked to meet a third-grade student who had not spoken a word in an educational setting for nearly 5 years. During preschool, kindergarten, and in the elementary grades, he was mute. However, in non-educational settings, although shy, he…
Descriptors: Children, Anxiety, Psychosomatic Disorders, Communication Problems
Ganz, Jennifer B.; Mason, Rose A.; Goodwyn, Fara D.; Boles, Margot B.; Heath, Amy K.; Davis, John L. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and complex communication needs often rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a means of functional communication. This meta-analysis investigated how individual characteristics moderate effectiveness of three types of aided AAC: the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS),…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Problems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Peer reviewedKeaten, James A.; Kelly, Lynne; Finch, Cynthia – Communication Education, 2000
Presents a follow-up study to further assess the extent to which reticent participants subscribe to beliefs outlined in prior research and to further test the ability of the Penn State program to alter those beliefs. Reveals significant pretreatment differences between reticent and comparison group participants on 7 of 16 beliefs. Shows…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Mackenzie, Catherine; Lowit, Anja – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: Dysarthria is a common post-stroke presentation. Its management falls within the remit of the speech and language therapy profession. Little controlled evaluation of the effects of intervention for dysarthria in stroke has been reported. Aims: The study aimed to determine the effects of a period of behavioural communication…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervals, Intervention, Speech Therapy
Download full textNelson, Eileen S.; Webster, Stephanie – 1991
A study examined the effects of rational-emotive therapy (RET) and visualization as interventions to reduce communication apprehension as measured by the Personal Report of Communication Anxiety-25. Forty-seven undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one of three groups: RET, visualization, or an attention-placebo group. The RET group…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Higher Education
