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Georgan, Wendy C.; Archibald, Lisa M. D.; Hogan, Tiffany P. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a lifelong condition that when impacting educational performance is identified and serviced through U.S. schools as outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. A few examples of educational categories that refer to DLD are (a) speech or language impairment (S/LI) and (b) specific…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Gomez, Maryane; McCabe, Patricia; Jakielski, Kathy; Purcell, Alison – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: A Phase I pilot study was designed to collect preliminary evidence on the use of the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP; Kaufman, 2014) to treat children with childhood apraxia of speech. We hypothesized that the K-SLP approach would result in more accurate speech production in targeted words, whereas untrained (control) words and…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Pilot Projects, Research Design, Children
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Bright, Felicity A. S.; Kayes, Nicola M.; McPherson, Kathryn M.; Worrall, Linda E. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Engagement is commonly considered important in stroke rehabilitation, with some arguing it is essential for positive patient outcomes. An emerging body of research indicates the practitioner influences engagement through their ways of relating, communicating and working with the patient. People experiencing communication disability may…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Neurological Impairments, Rehabilitation, Speech Therapy
Lim, Hayoung A.; Ellis, Erica M.; Sonnenschein, David – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Music-based speech language interventions have shown promise to support young children with autism, other speech and language deficits, and Dual Language Learners (also known as DLL, English Language Learners, or ELL). Online edtech learning programs may produce greater positive outcomes for children by including parents as mediators of the…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Children
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Keysha A. Martinez-Torres; Stephen Camarata – Inclusion, 2022
Population-based research can identify eligibility patterns across e disabilities and cultures, and the Head Start ECLKC gathers relatively controlled data of students in the United States (U.S.) and Puerto Rico, providing an opportunity to directly compare cultures. We compared preschool diagnostic eligibility categories in the U.S. and Puerto…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Low Income Students
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Wood, Sara E.; Timmins, Claire; Wishart, Jennifer; Hardcastle, William J.; Cleland, Joanne – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Electropalatography (EPG) records details of the location and timing of tongue contacts with the hard palate during speech. It has been effective in treating articulation disorders that have failed to respond to conventional therapy approaches but, until now, its use with children and adolescents with intellectual/learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Down Syndrome, Electronic Equipment, Children
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Ingrid Singer; Ellen Gerrits; Jan Willem Gorter; Margreet Luinge – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
Children with developmental language disorders (DLDs) may experience barriers to communicative participation. Communicative participation is defined as 'participation in life situations in which knowledge, information, ideas or feelings are exchanged'. Barriers experienced in communicative participation cannot be explained by language competence…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Counselor Attitudes
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Sinéad Nic Aindriú; Pádraig Ó Duibhir; Joe Travers – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Additive bilingualism has long been reported as a benefit of immersion education. Nevertheless, the suitability of this form of education and bilingualism for children with special educational needs (SEN) has been much debated. Recent studies show that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), specific speech and language disorder (SSLD), and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Irish, Grade 2
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Stipancic, Kaila L.; Palmer, Kira M.; Rowe, Hannah P.; Yunusova, Yana; Berry, James D.; Green, Jordan R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to create an empirical classification system for speech severity in patients with dysarthria secondary to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by exploring the reliability and validity of speech-language pathologists' (SLPs') ratings of dysarthric speech. Method: Ten SLPs listened to speech samples from…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Classification, Neurological Impairments, Speech Language Pathology
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Broome, Kate; McCabe, Patricia; Docking, Kimberley; Doble, Maree; Carrigg, Bronwyn – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study aimed to provide detailed descriptive information about the speech of a heterogeneous cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to explore whether subgroups exist based on this detailed speech data. High rates of delayed and disordered speech in both low-verbal and high-functioning children with ASD have been…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Speech Communication, Preschool Children
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Grimstvedt, Thea Nygaard; Miller, Jeanette Ullmann; van Walsem, Marleen Regina; Feragen, Kristin J. Billaud – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a triad of motor, cognitive and psychological symptoms, leading to a gradual breakdown of communication skills. Few studies have investigated how people affected by HD and their professional caregivers, for example, medical doctors, physiotherapists and nurses,…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
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Foran, Lori G.; Evans, Kelli J.; Beverly, Brenda L. – Infants and Young Children, 2021
Identification of language disorders in children younger than 3 years remains challenging despite agreement that early intervention improves outcomes. This study of twin language and gesture development substantiated the twinning effect, an unexplained lag in expressive and receptive language seen in twins, for a group of 88, 16- to 18-month-old…
Descriptors: Twins, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Toddlers
Sarah C. Good – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Mathematics concepts in early childhood education are often predictors later outcomes for student success, because mathematics is a foundational area of academics. The purpose of the research is to engage educators in conversations regarding experiential learning opportunities in early mathematics through curriculum planning and instructional…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Young Hwa Michelle Chang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The motor speech disorder of dysarthria is present in a substantial number of children with cerebral palsy (CP), leading to speech intelligibility deficits, which may negatively affect the children's communication and quality of life. Few studies to date have examined strategies for increasing intelligibility in children with dysarthria, and most…
Descriptors: Korean, Speech Communication, Cues, Acoustics
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Brosseau-Lapré, Françoise; Schumaker, Jennifer – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of correctly and incorrectly produced words in children with and without phonological speech sound disorder (SSD) with similar vocabulary and language skills. Method: Thirty-six monolingual English-speaking children aged 4 and 5 years, half with SSD and half with typical speech and…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Young Children, Monolingualism, English
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