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'It Depends': Characterizing Speech and Language Therapy for Preschool Children with Developmental Speech and Language Disorders
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Morgan, Lydia; Marshall, Julie; Harding, Sam; Powell, Gaye; Wren, Yvonne; Coad, Jane; Roulstone, Sue – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Several studies have suggested that practitioners hold speech and language therapy (SLT) practice as tacit and consequently it is difficult for the therapist to describe. The current study uses a range of knowledge elicitation (KE) approaches, a technique not used before in SLT, as a way of accessing this tacit knowledge. There is…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Preschool Children, Speech Impairments
A Qualitative Case Study in the Social Capital of Co-Professional Collaborative Co-Practice for Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
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McKean, Cristina; Law, James; Laing, Karen; Cockerill, Maria; Allon-Smith, Jan; McCartney, Elspeth; Forbes, Joan – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: Effective co-practice is essential to deliver services for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). The necessary skills, knowledge and resources are distributed amongst professionals and agencies. Co-practice is complex and a number of barriers, such as "border disputes" and poor awareness of respective…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Social Capital, Cooperation
Vowel Targeted Intervention for Children with Persisting Speech Difficulties: Impact on Intelligibility
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Speake, Jane; Stackhouse, Joy; Pascoe, Michelle – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2012
Compared to the treatment of consonant segments, the treatment of vowels is infrequently described in the literature on children's speech difficulties. Vowel difficulties occur less frequently than those with consonants but may have significant impact on intelligibility. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of vowel targeted intervention (VTI)…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Intervention, Vowels, Children
Interventions for Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs: An Exploration of Current Practice
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Roulstone, Sue; Wren, Yvonne; Bakopoulou, Ioanna; Lindsay, Geoff – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2012
This article reports a series of interviews with education and health practitioners. The aims were to identify interventions used in practice with children with speech, language and communication needs, to explore explanations for the choice of intervention and to identify the ways that outcomes were measured. Participants (n = 61) included…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Educational Psychology, Best Practices
Educational Provision for Children with Specific Speech and Language Difficulties: Perspectives of Speech and Language Therapy Service Managers
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Dockrell, Julie E.; Lindsay, Geoff; Letchford, Becky; Mackie, Clare – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) pose a challenge to the education system, and to speech and language therapists who support them, as a result of their language needs and associated educational and social-behavioural difficulties. The development of inclusion raises questions regarding appropriate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Therapy, School Districts, Inclusive Schools
Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists Working with Children with Physical Disabilities: Implications for Inclusive Education.
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Wright, Jannet A.; Kersner, Myra – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
This questionnaire study examined the coordination of speech/language therapists (N=47) with teachers (N=62) in 54 special schools for children with physical disabilities in England. Respondents were positive about the value of collaboration, although many reported problems of limited time available for joint planning and development of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Individualized Education Programs