Worldwide, 15 million babies are "born too soon" every year (Blencowe et al., 2012; Howson et al., 2013). Remarkably, prematurity survival rates now exceed 93% across all countries. More than 360,000 preterm babies survived in the United States in 2020; 10% of all births (Blencowe et al., 2012; Howson et al., 2013). While this is an…

Too often special education services are provided in a piece-by-piece fashion with individual support staff members each scheduling service to the child once or twice a week. Travel time and case-load numbers prohibit getting significant service time and frequency to the student. The literature suggests that transdisciplinary service delivery is…

A seven-step procedure was developed to improve the intelligibility of children with significant motor problems (such as cerebral palsy). The procedure employs delayed auditory feedback to help the children control their rate of speaking to make it commensurate with their motor abilities. The procedure was pilot-tested with six children. Results…

This study reports the results of a nationwide questionnaire survey of 204 speech and language clinicians from 65 facilities for mentally retarded individuals. Information was requested from clinicians about which language test they used with the mentally retarded population, why they used these tests, and how often they used them. Residential and…

The study compared conversations of mothers with language impaired children--LIC--(4-6 years old) to conversations of mothers with linguistic achieving children. The experimental group consisted of 8 mother-child dyads, and 2 control groups consisted of 16 dyads, matched to chronological and linguistic age. Each dyad was recorded in two versions…

The study was designed to explore whether learning a phoneme in a word-final position facilitated production of the same phoneme word medially or intervocalically in six 3 to 5 year olds with articulation disorders. A stimulus-response-reinforcement approach to treatment was used that elicited both imitative and spontaneous responses. Probe lists…

The paper presents results from Georgia's performance of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) on two measures of performance-based certification. The written Teacher Certification Test in Speech Language Pathology covers five broad areas: (1) fundamentals of speech and language, (2) speech and language disorders, (3) related handicapping…

The study investigated the prevalence and associated problems of ankyloglossia, characterized by restricted movement of the tongue usually due to the adhesion of the tongue to the frenum, among a preschool Head Start population (N=1,440). Ss were screened for six primary characteristics of the condition and of the 78 children who exhibited the…

Forty children (grades 2-5) with consistent misarticulations on one to three phonemes participated in a self-monitoring program. Ss were taught to discriminate their own correct vs. incorrect articulations and then self-monitoring of correct responses was transferred to the children's natural environments. Data were collected by trained observers…

The goal of all speech rehabilitation methods is the restoration of speech as a unitary higher function. One approach views speech as a complex but coherent system where all levels and components are interconnected. This view takes into consideration the use of verbal communication, which takes place at a higher speech level and includes activity,…

This paper examines the communication of autistic individuals and describes a speech therapy approach based on a view of speech as an archetypal reality, and suggests that the archetypal nature of speech manifests itself in autistic persons and that drumming or chanting can release the inner flow. Intervention techniques were used to create…

The paper considers the difference between articulatory and phonological disorders. The deviant production of a phoneme may be articulatory or phonological in nature. The nature of the phonemic deviation must be determined before appropriate therapeutic intervention may be devised. Recorded responses of 53 children (ages 4 years, six months to six…

A speech/language remediation-intervention model is proposed to enhance processing of auditory information in students with language or learning disabilities. Such children have difficulty attending to language signals (verbal and nonverbal responses ranging from facial expressions and gestures to those requiring the generation of complex…

Described are the development and use of the ALL (Articulation and Language Learning) program, an approach to articulation therapy for 3- to 7-year-old children with coordinated materials for speech clinicians, parents, and teachers. The curriculum guide is explained to incorporate individualized educational programs, learning activities, word…

The paper examines decisionmaking guidelines for devising a microcomputer-aided augmentative communication device for non-vocal severely handicapped students. Four considerations are addressed: (1) candidates for microcomputer-based augmentative communication devices (motor development, sensory abilities, cognitive development); (2) instruction…