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Showing 1 to 20 of 317 for “"Communication Sciences and Disorders"”.
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Gestalt Language Processing in Accredited Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs
<p>The language development and usage of autistic individuals has become a controversial topic in many of the disciplines and professions providing support to these individuals. As a result, two theories of language processing have been proposed. Analytical language processing suggests that …
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Faculty and student perspectives on course collaborations within the communication sciences and disorders discipline
… course (re)design (CCRD) allows faculty and students to redesign a course together that the faculty teaches and the student has previously taken. This process amplifies student voices and helps faculty better understand students’ perspectives. However, barriers such as faculty’s feelings …
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Evaluation of Communication Sciences and Disorders Graduate Student Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Client Interactions
<p>Problem</p> <p>Communication sciences and disorders (CSD) graduate students may have trauma histories and may be ill-equipped to identify and manage trauma responses in clients. This mixed-methods study examined graduate student attitudes towards implementing trauma-informed educational practice …
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Mindset, Academic Motivation, And Academic Self-Efficacy As Correlates Of Academic Achievement Among Undergraduate Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs
… faculty, staff, university administrators, and other contributors. Those stakeholders are all linked with one purpose: the success of the student. That success or failure is most commonly measured by achievement through grade point average (GPA). The academic demands within the …
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The impact of faculty feedback on student perceptions of faculty-student relationships
<p>This qualitive study examined four communication sciences and disorders (CSD) graduate students’ experiences with feedback from CSD faculty members to understand how it affected their relationships with faculty. Review of the literature revealed the importance and impact of feedback; however, it …
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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATIONS ON THE INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
… “when two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes” (World Health Organization [WHO], 2010, p. 13). It is a staple in the education of nurses and doctors; however, it is starting to make an appearance in Communication …
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Effects of a Virtual Reality Dementia Experience on Graduate Communication Disorders Students’ Future Clinical Practice
… typical follow the medical model of diagnosing and treating patients. Thus, more emphasis on providing person centered care is essential, especially for persons with dementia, as the number of individuals living with dementia is increasing and research indicates that outcomes are improved when …
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Exploring student-led interprofessional education through a community service project
… (IPE) workshop in improving student attitudes and perceptions toward IPE. Students from four health science programs including Dental Hygiene, Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech and Hearing, Health Services Administration and Occupational Therapy participated in a community service …
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The investigation of treatment outcomes for adults with chronic brain injury following intensive multidisciplinary treatment
Although communication sciences and disorders (COMD) research supports intensive treatment for individuals with chronic brain injury, funding to provide these services is limited. This study explored the use of interdepartmental university resources to provide an intensive, multidisciplinary …
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Effects of two different behavioral swallowing exercise protocols performed during radiation therapy on swallowing physiology, function, quality-of-life and weight outcomes following organ-preservation treatments for head and neck cancers
… swallowing exercise regimens performed by head and neck cancer/s (HNC) patients during radiation therapy with/without chemotherapy (RT/C) on swallowing physiology, function, quality-of-life (QOL) and weight outcomes at the completion of RT/C. Feeding tube (PEG) status at 3 months post-treatment …
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Child acquisition of referring expressions
… into how children use referring expressions and the appearance of forms developmentally (Radford, 1990; Abu-Akel, et al., 2004; Pine & Lieven, 1997). This study examined how three, four, and five year-old children use referring expressions across increasingly more decontextualized tasks as …
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The effects of visual representations on teacher training of phonological awareness principles
… are now being held to high accountability standards in reading instruction, yet studies show that teachers lack adequate knowledge in reading and phonological awareness principles (Moats, 1994, 2009; Spencer, Schuele, Guillot, & Lee, 2008). The purpose of this study was to determine the …
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Time of day effects on language discourse in healthy aging and dementia
… day in normal healthy aging individuals (NHA) and individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Ten healthy older adults; and ten older adults clinically labeled with probable Alzheimer’s disease were recruited for this study. Measurements of procedural language, narrative language, …
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Factors influencing the efficacy of delayed auditory feedback in treating dysarthria associated with Parkinson's disease
… excessive speech rate, reduced intelligibility, and disfluencies. The present study examined the effects of delayed auditory feedback (DAF) as a rate control intervention for dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease. Adverse reactions to relatively long delay intervals are commonly observed …
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The effects of aging and unilateral vestibular disorders on the kinematic performance of vestibular rehabilitation exercises and physical function
… to evaluate the effects of unilateral vestibular disorders and aging on functional performances of activities of daily living and vestibular rehabilitation exercises by examining the correlations among actual and perceived functional measures, the kinematic measurement differences among young …
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Pragmatics, Prosody, and Social Skills of School-Age Children with Language-Learning Differences
… that continues to have influences in adolescence and adulthood (Hart, Olsen, Robinson, & Mandleco, 1997). Interacting in a social world requires an integration of many abilities that include social skills and emotional understanding of oneself and other persons. Children who have difficulties with …
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Phonemic awareness and sight word reading in toddlers
… investigated emerging phonemic awareness skills and printed sight word recognition abilities in two-year-old toddlers using plain text and MorphoPhonic Face words on flash cards. MorphoPhonic Face words were used to determine if this learning process is enhanced when words are iconically …
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Evaluation of Teacher Ratings to Improve Child Language Screenings in Speech-Language Pathology
… through the use of two tools, the Children’s Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2; Bishop, 2006) and the Teacher Rating of Oral Language and Literacy (TROLL; Dickinson, McCabe, & Sprague, 2001). The data for this study were from 77 kindergarteners who lived in rural Louisiana and spoke a …
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Addressing the Higher Level Language Skills for the Common Core State Standards in Kindergarten
… success in school. With a common set of standards, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), finalized and made available to states for adoption critical skills in numeracy and literacy will be uniformed from kindergarten through high school. Some children enter school with a sufficient …
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The effects of disclosure on university students' perceptions of a person with aphasia.
… leading to social isolation, decreased autonomy, and depression. Individuals with aphasia often have increased difficulty interacting with unfamiliar communicative partners, which can result in negative perceptions among listeners. However, self-disclosure of the disorder can allow for the …
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