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Schwilling, Eleonore; Krageloh-Mann, Ingeborg; Konietzko, Andreas; Winkler, Susanne; Lidzba, Karen – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
Language functions are generally represented in the left cerebral hemisphere. After early (prenatally acquired or perinatally acquired) left hemispheric brain damage language functions may be salvaged by reorganization into the right hemisphere. This is different from brain lesions acquired in adulthood which normally lead to aphasia. Right…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Processing, Cerebral Palsy, Patients
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Kramer, Jessica M. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2011
Social validity is the extent to which procedures, goals, and outcomes are acceptable and important to end users and is not commonly addressed during assessment development. This article pilots a process of triangulating multiple methods to evaluate the social validity of a self-report assessment. These procedures were piloted using the Child…
Descriptors: Validity, Measurement Techniques, Rating Scales, Children
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Weber, Karin S. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1995
A pilot study evaluating the use of conductive education for children and adults with cerebral palsy and other motor impairments in Germany concluded that a straightforward transfer of the Hungarian system into German society is not desirable but that conductive education should be adapted to each country's rehabilitation system. The modification…
Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Palsy, Children, Cultural Differences