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MacRae, Christina; Arculus, Charlotte – Global Education Review, 2020
This paper is based video data from a project called SALTMusic, for young children diagnosed as having "language delay." The interdisciplinary action-research project was co-delivered by speech and language therapists and early childhood arts practitioners, with children and their parents. Addressing a concern that children's lack of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Language Impairments, Intervention, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Tempest, Alison; Wells, Bill – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2012
The ability to argue and to create alliances with peers are important social competencies for all children, including those who have speech, language and communication needs. In this study, we investigated the management of arguments and alliances by a group of 5-year-old male friends, one of whom has a persisting speech difficulty (PSD). Twelve…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Language Acquisition, Discourse Analysis, Case Studies
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Harris, Judy; Botting, Nicola; Myers, Lucy; Dodd, Barbara – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2011
Although children with speech impairment are at increased risk for impaired literacy, many learn to read and spell without difficulty. Around half the children with speech impairment have delayed acquisition, making errors typical of a normally developing younger child (e.g. reducing consonant clusters so that "spoon" is pronounced as…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Phonemes, Phonological Awareness, Reading Ability
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Joffe, Victoria; Pring, T. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background: Children with phonological problems are a significant proportion of many therapists' caseloads. However, little is known about current clinical practice with these children or whether research on the effects of therapy have influenced this practice. Aims: To investigate the methods of assessment and remediation used by therapists…
Descriptors: Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Discrimination, Reading Skills
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Hesketh, Anne; Dima, Evgenia; Nelson, Veronica – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: Awareness of individual phonemes in words is a late-acquired level of phonological awareness that usually develops in the early school years. It is generally agreed to have a close relationship with early literacy development, but its role in speech change is less well understood. Speech and language therapy for children with speech…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Phonemes, Stimulation, Reading Skills
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Gilmore, Jo; Vance, Maggie – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2007
Children with developmental disorders may present with listening and/or speech discrimination difficulties. This study explores whether teachers can identify these difficulties, using a questionnaire that rates children's listening, speech discrimination and comprehension abilities. The questionnaire was given to class-teachers of 52 pupils, aged…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Listening Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Student Behavior