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Speech Sound Disorders in Preschool Children: Correspondence between Clinical Diagnosis and Teacher and Parent Report
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Harrison, Linda J.; McLeod, Sharynne; McAllister, Lindy; McCormack, Jane – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2017
This study sought to assess the level of correspondence between parent and teacher report of concern about young children's speech and specialist assessment of speech sound disorders (SSD). A sample of 157 children aged 4-5 years was recruited in preschools and long day care centres in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW). SSD was assessed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Impairments, Preschool Children, Child Care Centers
Speech Sound Disorders in a Community Study of Preschool Children
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McLeod, Sharynne; Harrison, Linda J.; McAllister, Lindy; McCormack, Jane – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2013
Purpose: To undertake a community (nonclinical) study to describe the speech of preschool children who had been identified by parents/teachers as having difficulties "talking and making speech sounds" and compare the speech characteristics of those who had and had not accessed the services of a speech-language pathologist (SLP). Method:…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech Impairments, Articulation (Speech), Phonology