THIS FOUR-PART REPORT LISTS 438 LANGUAGE RESEARCH PROJECTS. PART I LISTS PROJECTS BY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, INSTITUTION, AND TITLE. PART II LISTS, ALPHABETICALLY, PERSONS WORKING ON ONE OR MORE OF THESE RECORDED PROJECTS. PART III LISTS MAIN SUBJECT CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES, BASED ON KEY WORDS SELECTED FROM THE REPORTS. PART IV IS AN…

A conceptual framework for management of phonological disorders is proposed. The framework includes a 10-element system for describing the structure of management programs and invokes a diagnostic classification system for determining appropriate management content. Data from three serial studies of management structure describe four modes of…

Two approaches to intervention geared to autistic children's characteristics are presented: one stressing speech and the other sign and speech. Some findings relevant to implementation of simultaneous sign and speech are discussed, and due to observed variability in processing and responsiveness to intervention, the need for individual programing…

Argues that a series of video programs based on Borg's minicourse model could help to resolve some of the problems related to the training of speech therapists. A description of one specific video course is presented along with reports on its evaluation. Eleven references are listed. (Author/LLS)

A study examined the global language growth rate of 40 children with hearing loss (hearing aid and cochlear implant users) who received intensive auditory-verbal intervention for 1-4 years. Results found these children essentially attained linguistic competency at levels commensurate with peers who had normal hearing. (Contains references.)…

Pacing boards can assist in the transition from single word to multiword utterances by children with language impairments. The pacing board provides visual and motor cues to help young children imitate and spontaneously produce multiword utterances as well as increase metalinguistic awareness of speech units. Instructions for making pacing boards…

Based on spontaneous data from 50 German children with specific language impairment (SLI), several aspects of impaired clause structure are explored. Findings are that children with SLI use more finite than nonfinite verb forms. (Author/VWL)

The results of ongoing research on the acquisition of Irish as a first language are presented in this collection of four papers from a 1991 seminar and a fifth paper specially commissioned for this volume. The study of Irish syntax is of particular interest because of its contribution to the ongoing search for a Universal Grammar. The papers and…

The volume, intended to introduce readers to the problems and therapeutic needs of speech impaired school children, first presents general considerations and background knowledge necessary for basic insights of the classroom teacher and the school speech clinician in relation to the speech handicapped child. Discussed are the classification and…

Using a case study as illustrative material, the author argues that the linguistic growth of the child unfolds as a function of the interaction of several factors: Those that spring from within the child himself; those related to prenatal, natal, and post-natal events; and those that impinge on him from the environment. (Author/JM)

The parent of a 2 1/2-year-old language handicapped boy describes the therapist's and her own prescriptive teaching techniques during a 1-year period. (MC)

This article compares and contrasts the two major psycholinguistic philosophies of speech development, the traditional and the phonological approaches. The traditional approach is seen as most useful for children whose speech is only mildly impaired or who need oral sensorimotor stimulation. For severely unintelligible speech, the phonological…

A study investigated generalization effects of script-based intervention in increasing semantic relation skills among four Korean preschoolers with language disorders. The script-based intervention was effective at increasing all participants' use of semantic relation skills and generalizing the acquired semantic relation skills across non-trained…