A survey of community colleges in three states indicated the general unavailability of comprehensive services in speech, hearing, language screening, remediation and improvement, and bilingual services of the same nature despite the widespread needs of the community college constituency. Results should help in needs assessment and planning. (JDS)

This article points out that the acculturation of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is achieved primarily through language socialization. It examines the types of variation that must be addressed in working with students from diverse backgrounds, such as language code differences, conversational discontinuities, and…

This article offers a working definition and an overview of the critical components of collaborative consultation, including theoretical foundations, competencies, and model components. It focuses on the role of the speech language pathologist within various models and as a participant in a five-step problem-solving procedure. (DB)

A survey of 50 state language coordinators, conducted to examine criteria for determining which students with developmental delays will receive language services, found that decisions were primarily made on a case-by-case basis. The paper discusses the relationship between language and cognitive development and theories of cognitive development of…

This article presents an overview of the literature on the cognitive hypothesis, which sees cognitive development as prerequisite to language development. It suggests that the cognitive hypothesis has had a significant influence on limiting eligibility of students with mental retardation for speech-language pathology services in schools.…

A survey of 239 school-based speech-language pathologists revealed that respondents routinely supplement quantitative assessment procedures with language sample analyses, are sensitive to the effects of some contextual variables on sample representativeness, and use language sampling information to assist in planning intervention services.…

Music activities for use in public school speech-language therapy are described in theory and practice. Client, space and implementation considerations are discussed, as are uses of songs and more specific applications such as exercises for relaxation, body image, breathing, vocalization, articulation, and vocabulary/concept development.…

Designed for communication aides working under the direction of speech pathologists in Head Start and preschool centers in public schools, the handbook provides information on normal child development as well as speech, hearing, and language problems. Reviewed in the section on normal development are speech, phonemic, receptive language,…

The manual provides information and resources on teaching speech and language impaired students in Georgia. Topics addressed cover seven major areas (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria (entrance criteria, waiting lists); due process (screening, referral); program organization (philosophy, delivery models,…

A 2-year, 8-month old boy with a language handicap was the subject of a 5-month training program which investigated the generalization of articulatory ability during and after a series of sessions aimed at correcting the boy's misarticulation of the letter "t." Before training began, three matters necessitated attention: (1) the establishment of…