This article reviews the critical issues that influence whether a child with language impairments can benefit from intervention. It recommends three procedures (profiling, dynamic assessment, and tracking/monitoring) as tools for helping speech-language pathologists make informed decisions about intervention. (Author/JDD)

This practicum addressed the need to expand and change the speech-language pathology service delivery system within Harris County (Texas), which was experiencing severe shortages of speech-language pathologists with numbers of students going unserved. The practicum involved planning training sessions on alternative service delivery strategies and…

Two teaching models of a service delivery program designed to prevent speech-language problems in lower socioeconomic children were compared. Specific goals included increasing mothers' awareness of the sensory input to which infants are responsive and increasing mothers' abilities to read infant nonverbal signals. In Model 1, two speech-language…

The manual offers criteria as guidelines in determining pupil eligibility for speech and language services in New Jersey. Criteria were originally developed by a task force of speech-language specialists and special education administrators, were then reviewed by public school speech-language specialists, and were subsequently revised. Criteria…

Provided are standards and guidelines to be used in planning, evaluating, and accrediting school language, speech, and hearing (LSH) services. Recent research and refined clinical procedures are said to aid LSH specialists in identifying children with auditory/language disorders leading to learning disabilities as well as children with…

Presented are suggestions for speech therapists to use in auditory perception training and screening of language handicapped children in kindergarten through grade 3. Directions are given for using the program, which is based on games. Each component is presented in terms of purpose, materials, a description of the game, and directions for…

Papers of the special study institute on Special Language Programming for Exceptional Children with Language Disorders focus on the following objectives: delineation of the development and functions of language as related to special language problems, clarification of the role of the speech and language specialist, and establishment of guidelines…

Reported were clinical principles and procedures of behavior modification that have been used to establish language in 3- to 6-year-old children with very limited functional communication. (GW)

Children with language, articulation, stuttering or voice disorders can experience difficulties in learning and in establishing relationships with others. Speech and language pathologists provide appropriate intervention services and are considered an integral part of the school's total education program. (CM)

Structured interviews with 20 speech language pathologists indicated that their views of administrative support and nonsupport covered many dimensions, including working conditions/resources, advocacy, staff development, and program assistance. (Author/DB)

This article presents several rationales for improved recordkeeping and contracting between speech-language therapists and parents or students. Contracting, therapy, and recording are conceptualized as inseparable, interrelated components of a holistic approach to student improvement. Employers, funding bodies, and accrediting bodies need to…

This article describes ideas for using administrators to facilitate the change to a collaborative consultative model and offers some thoughts on initiation of the model. (Author/JDD)

Described is a pilot inservice program designed to improve cooperation between a school district's teachers and speech and hearing clinician. (LS)

Presented in this manual are 50 practitioner-contributed speech therapy activities for students from preschool through secondary levels, structured according to the following format: grade level, objectives, materials needed, and procedures. Half of the activities give students practice in articulation, while the other half are language activities…

Discussed is an experimental demonstration class for children exhibiting severe language disabilities. Staff includes teacher-therapist, classroom aide, psychologist, audiologist, speech and language pathologists, and occupational therapist. A theoretical framework is provided through discussion of phonological, semantic and syntactic aspects of…