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Alfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; Bracken, Bruce A., Ed.; Nagle, Richard J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
"Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children," Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Educational Assessment, Preschool Children, Psychoeducational Methods
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Shriberg, Lawrence D.; Widder, Carol J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
Analysis of speech samples of 40 noninstitutionalized persons (ages 20-50) with mental retardation found that speech and prosody status were not statistically associated with gender or gross level of mental retardation but were associated with estimated probability of independent living. The existence of a cognitive capacity constraint and a…
Descriptors: Adults, Independent Living, Intervention, Language Skills
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Mace, F. Charles; Lalli, Joseph S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Descriptive and functional analysis of the bizarre speech of an adult with moderate mental retardation found that bizarre speech appeared to function as an attention-producing behavior. Two different yet functionally equivalent treatments (noncontingent scheduled attention and social language skill development) were found to be effective in…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Donahue, Mavis L.; Pidek, Catherine M. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1993
Oral paraphrase is presented as an informal and versatile strategy for assessing and enhancing listening comprehension in mainstreamed students with language/learning disabilities. Approaches to assessing the listening comprehension demands of individual classrooms and using various dimensions of paraphrasing to enhance language comprehension and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment, Intervention, Language Handicaps