This paper introduces management models for developing a collaborative language intervention process, implementation models for language assessment and Individualized Education Program planning, and multicultural issues. Strategy training for language and communication is introduced as a feasible example, with macrolevel and microlevel process…

A total of 281 public school speech-language pathologists nationwide rated their degree of job satisfaction on 34 critical variables. Factor analysis yielded three distinct dimensions of satisfaction: supervision, workload, and co-workers. A preliminary model for predicting job satisfaction is proposed. (Author/JDD)

Speech and hearing therapists investigated the effectiveness of video taping as a multisensory approach to therapeutic procedures aimed at developing adequate communication skills for students with speech or hearing difficulties. They also studied the usefulness of such taping for parent counseling and inservice training of therapists and…

A total of 43 studies, involving 1,703 subjects with a mean age of 6:11, were analyzed to assess the effectiveness of language intervention with language/learning disabled children. Results suggested that the average language-disordered child moved from the 50th percentile to the 85th as a result of language intervention. (Author/JDD)

This paper presents theoretical principles of the whole language approach and its historical interdisciplinary influences. Suggestions for implementing whole language intervention with language-disordered children are presented, such as using theme building to achieve long- and short-term objectives, using scaffolding strategies, and using…

This paper presents a model for the full integration of children with severe speech-language problems into the regular classroom. It describes characteristics of this population, structure and roles of the collaborative teaching teams, the critical importance of administrative and parental support, and the active involvement of the staffing team.…

This article discusses a collaborative effort between a speech-language pathologist and a regular third-grade teacher, with the goal of improving communication skills of students throughout the school. Students needing speech-language services were taught specific skills in individual pull-out sessions and general communication skills in regular…

A collaborative service delivery model for provision of speech-language services is presented. The model uses children's literature and content material in a writing process approach to teaching oral and written language skills in the general classroom, and uses pull-out support for initial instruction of voice, fluency, and articulation skills.…

This study found that naturalistic conversation training improved the spontaneous speech production of two children (ages three and four) with speech production disabilities. (Author/DB)

The efforts of a speech-language pathologist to foster a collaborative consultation service delivery approach with classroom teachers are described. The approach involved an in-service session for teachers, teachers providing the therapist with classroom curricula and materials, and the therapist observing speech-language-impaired students in the…

The paper looks at rules for discourse in the classroom and how they may complement or conflict with each other in facilitating the learning of language disordered children in the classroom or therapy session. Six critical skills are identified which children need for a good teaching-learning interaction. They are: attention, turn taking,…

Project BEST (Building Educational and Social Skills Through Training) seeks to develop social skills in students. As a first step, high-risk kindergarten students attending school in Spencer County, Kentucky, were identified through systematic screening and assessment procedures and a curriculum was developed to meet the individual needs of the…

Presented for preschool teachers are guidelines for meeting the needs of speech and language delayed children. Information is provided on the following topics: language development theory, the difference between speech and language, normal speech and language development (including a chart of language milestones from birth to 6 years), disorders…

Speech, language, and communication disorders were among the topics of papers presented at the convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in Chicago, 1970. Discussions include evaluation theory and caseload selection by Lear Ashmore, differential diagnosis in a rural school by William L. Shinder, the practical application of differential…

A group of experts met at the Stanford Medical Center in 1960 to assist the California Society for Crippled Children and Adults in establishing guidelines for the development of services for aphasic children. Subjects discussed were (1) language development in the normal child, (2) neurological bases of linguistic functions, (3) semantic aspects…