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Fitzpatrick, Beth; Coad, Jane; Sell, Debbie; Rihtman, Tanya – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: There is no consensus in the UK regarding the types of speech samples or parameters of speech that should be assessed at 3 years of age in children with cleft palate ± cleft lip (CP±L), despite cleft units routinely assessing speech at this age. The standardization of assessment practices would facilitate comparisons of outcomes across…
Descriptors: Speech Evaluation, Congenital Impairments, Speech Impairments, Preschool Children
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Kokotek, Leslie E.; Washington, Karla N.; Cunningham, Barbara Jane; Wright Karem, Rachel; Fletcher, Brittany – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2022
The Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS) is one of a few validated outcome measures related to children's communicative participation. Additional validation of the FOCUS measure could address the paucity of validated outcomes-based measures available for assessing preschool-age children, particularly for those who are…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Multilingualism, Preschool Children, Creoles
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Benedek-Wood, Elizabeth; McNaughton, David; Light, Janice – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2016
This study used a multiple probe across participants' research design to evaluate the effects of instruction on the acquisition of letter-sound correspondences (LSCs) by three young children with autism spectrum disorder and limited speech. All three children (ages 3-5 years) reached criterion for identifying the LSCs targeted during instruction,…
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Language Acquisition, Young Children, Autism