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Elia Olivares – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The cultural and linguistic diversity of our nation continues to grow and the skills needed by speech-language pathologists to address the needs of their existing caseload continue to be vast. According to the ASHA (2016) Schools Survey, only 8% of speech-language pathologists (n=1689) reported feeling very qualified to address cultural and…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Bilingualism, Speech Evaluation, Video Technology
DeBarthe, Gina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Children with limited oral language due to developmental and language delays have difficulty with communication in their everyday lives. Their trouble with speech and/or language impacts their ability to socialize with peers and learn in the school setting. Most of the research on alternative and augmentative communication systems and oral…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays
Sanderson, Catherine Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this dissertation, I explored the lives of 10 children who were diagnosed with a language disorder. The children were enrolled in a therapeutic half-day speech-language preschool classroom for 3- and 4-year-old children within a public-school system in the rural Southeast. The research included a 15-week mini-ethnographic case study utilizing…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Printing, Preschool Children, Play
Currier, Alyssa R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Children with communication disorders are often at risk of literacy difficulties, especially students that present with autism and/or speech sound disorders. This quasi-experimental study was designed to examine the effects of a 10-week "hybrid" intervention for preschool students with and without communication disorders in an integrated…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication Disorders, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities
Ferro, Pamela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many preschool children are affected by disabilities requiring intervention through Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE; Camilli, Vargas, Ryan, & Barnett, 2010). Such interventions can include speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, counseling, and special education. Earlier delivery of these special education services…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Preschool Children, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Nullman, Susan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the effects of an explicit individualized phonemic awareness intervention administered by a speech-language pathologist to 4 prekindergarten children with phonological speech sound disorders. Research has demonstrated that children with moderate-severe expressive phonological disorders are at-risk for poor literacy…
Descriptors: Research Design, Intervention, Maintenance, Delayed Speech