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Rush, Karen L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1999
A study assessed early literacy skills and expressive and receptive vocabulary skills in 39 Head Start children and correlated skills with measures of caregiver/child interactions observed in the home. Degree of caregiver involvement, rate of language interactions, and participation in early literacy activities were related to literacy and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
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Heller, Kathryn Wolff; And Others – RE:view, 1996
This study evaluated the effectiveness and desirability of dual communication boards as receptive and expressive forms of communication by 3 deaf-blind students (ages 16-21) in community-based vocational instruction settings. One year after implementation, students and communication partners were successfully using the boards. Use of dual boards…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Deaf Blind
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Brady, Nancy C.; Steeples, Tammy; Fleming, Kandace – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
Purpose: This study examined the effects of expressive and receptive language levels on initiated and repaired communication acts by prelinguistic children with developmental disabilities. Method: In this descriptive study, participants were 45 children between the ages of 3 and 6 years who had severe delays in expressive communication. Some…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Communication Skills, Young Children, Expressive Language
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Westerlund, Monica; Berglund, Eva; Eriksson, Marten – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a screening instrument (the Swedish Communication Screening at 18 months of age; SCS18), derived from the Swedish MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory, in identification of 18-month-old children who will be severely language disabled by 3 years of age, the authors (a) analyzed which SCS18's…
Descriptors: Child Health, Receptive Language, Informal Assessment, Language Acquisition
Puerto Rico State Dept. of Education, Hato Rey. Office of Special Education. – 1989
The basic special education curriculum of the Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico is designed so that the skills defined can be used to attend to the needs of children with disabilities. This teacher's guide, in Spanish, presents a basic language curriculum to help the child develop the ability to communicate effectively. It includes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Disabilities, Elementary Education
Quin, Paul E. – 1987
This final report summarizes the activities and findings of a research project which developed a model program for preschoolers "at risk in language." A total of 22 children, including 17 children "at risk" and 5 peers, participated in the program; the children served by the project showed increased facility with language in…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Demonstration Programs, Expressive Language, High Risk Persons
Singh, Veer Pal; Singh, Basant Bahadur – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2005
Communication is essential in each and every sphere of life, and is considered the fundamental social process because human beings interact with each other through communication in social settings. Classrooms have their own social settings in which teachers and students interact. During interaction, the main purpose of the teacher is to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication Strategies, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship
Levenston, Edward A. – 1979
Most second language acquisition research has been concerned with grammar or phonology and has failed to discuss lexical acquisition. The main reason for this neglect has been the lack of vocabulary study by linguists. However, recent concern with semantic theory has brought new impetus to work on lexical acquisition. Useful research on lexical…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Moores, Donald F.; And Others – 1974
Presented is the fourth year report of a 4-year longitudinal study comparing effectiveness of seven preschool programs for deaf children. Schools are seen to emphasize either an oral-aural, Rochester (Oral-aural plus finger spelling), or total communication method of instruction. Included in the report are a brief review of literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
Benjamin, Robert L. – 1970
This book explores the workings of language, explains the operation of language as a coherent system, and examines instances of effective as well as ineffective communication. Chapters deal with (1) a "meaning" approach to language and the relation of semantics to the communicator, (2) how language works and what makes it work, (3) how language…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Instruction, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Barnes, Douglas – 1969
This book is concerned with language as it is used by the teacher, as it affects the learner, and as it can function to integrate the curriculum. Douglas Barnes, in "Language in the Secondary Classroom," discusses the student-teacher language interaction in 12 sample lessons, and analyzes the importance upon student learning of the languages used…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discovery Processes, English Instruction, Expressive Language
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Sanger, Dixie D.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
A technique for evaluating children's auditory-language processing abilities was developed. Teachers were trained in inservice workshops to identify auditory-language processing problems, using the Observational Profile of Classroom Communication. They subsequently referred 46 nonhandicapped first-, second-, and third-graders for evaluation, which…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Evaluation, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Christensen, Kathee M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1986
Spanish-speaking families (N=58) of deaf children participated in a two-year televised trilingual (Spanish, English, and Sign Language) class through the project "A Mass Media Approach to Sign Language Instruction for Spanish-Speaking Parents of Deaf Children." Evaluation revealed that over 85 percent demonstrated positive change in…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Television, Expressive Language, Instructional Effectiveness
Stremel, Kathleen; Bixler, Betsy; Morgan, Susanne; Layton, Kristen – 2002
This booklet contains 28 fact sheets on communication written primarily for parents and families with a child who is deaf-blind. They attempt to address fundamental but complex issues related to the communication needs of children with vision and hearing impairments. Each fact sheet targets a specific area, including: (1) communication; (2)…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Braille
Yeaw, John David Andrew – 2001
This paper reviews the effectiveness of music therapy in treating children with psychiatric and developmental problems. The clinical utility of music therapy is first evaluated by examining the foundational effects of music on affect and behavior. Next, the two broad approaches to music therapy, active and passive music therapy, are discussed.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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