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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Language intervention"”.
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Dementia: Incorporating Families And Caregivers In Direct Speech-Language Intervention
… individuals with dementia. The role of a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is suggested to not only treat the individual with dementia, but consider the role and perspective of the caregiver (Watson, Aizawa, Savundranayagam & Orange, 2013). Providing education and training to caregivers of …
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Evaluation of Wee Read Club+, an Early Speech and Language Intervention for Toddlers and Their Caregivers
Language delays in early childhood are prominent and are likely to negatively impact the child in a variety of areas including their future learning, relationships, and overall emotional development. Caregivers are known to be an integral component of children’s early language development, and …
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Systematic review of speech and language intervention for young children with cochlear implants : a guide for speech language pathologists
… fitted with cochlear implants (CI) grows, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are likely encounter clients from this population. However, the majority of SLPs are not educated as to the various modes of communication that can be used with children with CI as they learn spoken language. The focus …
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The effectiveness of a brief home-based naturalistic language intervention on the spoken language abilities of children with autism in the Western Cape
… Naturalistic Developmental Behavioural Interventions (NDBIs) have shown to have a positive effect on cognitive and social outcomes of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) though very few NDBIs have been implemented in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Challenges in …
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The study of a long term sign language intervention programme for hearing caregivers of deaf children : the challenges and successes of community-based rehabilitation and evaluation
… develop, implement and evaluate a long-term sign language intervention programme for the hearing caregivers of deaf children living within a socio-economically disadvantaged community. The programme was implemented by a deaf signing adult from the same community as the caregivers, and was …
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English Language Learner Achievement: A Mixed-Methods Examination of a Seven-Week Summer Intervention
… over time against the beliefs of English Language Learner (ELL) teachers’ perceptions of students’ achievement after participation in a seven-week summer intervention. Three types of archived achievement data were analyzed: reading comprehension, English language acquisition and state …
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Children's Responses to Grammatically Complete and Incomplete Prompts to Imitate
Purpose: Various language intervention programs instruct clinicians and parents of children with language learning difficulty to expand their child's utterance by adding one or two words. This often results in a telegraphic utterance, one that is devoid of function words and inflectional endings. …
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Perceptions about language development of isiXhosa-speaking primary caregivers of young children receiving speech-language therapy in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Background: Research on communication intervention with young children provides support for the involvement of primary caregivers in their child’s language intervention (Kaiser, & Roberts, 2011; Roberts, & Kaiser, 2011). Research suggests that the perceptions of these caregivers regarding their …
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Study of a Parent Implemented Language Treatment for Young Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate.
… evidence to indicate the efficacy of early intervention approaches used with young children with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP). The positive effects of a focused stimulation approach have been documented with children having speech and language deficits, although an articulation model has …
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Language therapy and academic achievement in mathematics: Speech-language pathologists' roles and perspectives
<p>Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) play an important role in language intervention among school-age children and have the potential to target academic achievement through language therapy. This study explored whether and how SLPs capitalize on language therapy to promote students’ math …
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Fostering language development through parent-child play interactions : an application of VIG
… Interaction Guidance (VIG) is a video-modelling intervention used to enhance communication between individuals in different settings. This study employed a convergent mixed-methods design to examine the potential of VIG as a preschool language intervention. The research included two phases of …
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Exploring the emergent literacy needs of preschoolers with language impairments
… difficulties as early as possible. Children with language impairments are one group of children who have been shown to be at-risk for literacy problems. Their difficulties likely stem from the challenges they tend to experience with acquiring emergent literacy skills as preschoolers. Very little …
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Teachers' perceptions of bilingualism and bidialectalism: the effect on language arts pedagogy
Few studies on English language learners (ELLs) focus on teachers’ perceptions of bilingualism and bidialectalism and describe the impact of those perceptions on language arts pedagogy. While numerous studies have explored the teaching of diverse students and the negative effects of standardized …
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Social Outcomes of Students with Language Impairment: An Eight-Year Follow-up Study
This study re-examined the language and social skills of four females with language impairment who were initially studied eight years ago (Brinton, Fujiki, Montague, & Hanton, 2000; Fujiki, Brinton, Isaacson, & Summers, 2001). Language measures included the Clinical Evaluation of Language …
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Use of Visual Phonics in the Remediation of Children's Phonological Disorders
… application of phonological processes. Speech-language pathologists target phonological processes for remediation when they are atypical of children's developmental stage or when the processes are unusual in form.</p> <p>A recently developed hand symbol system called Visual Phonics (1985) may …
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Speech language pathologists' perceptions of services to children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
… SLPs' perceptions on the effect of speech and language intervention on the academic, social, and behavioral performance of children with SLD from CLD backgrounds (c); how SLPs view the children from CLD backgrounds in their caseloads, their culture, beliefs, and languages; and (d) the …
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Effects of a Specialized Early Intervention for Children with Severe Language Impairment
Children with language impairment experience difficulties in grammar, vocabulary, and phonological skills, and they are susceptible to developing learning disorders without intervention (Scarborough, 1990; Tallal, Ross,&Curtiss, 1989; Van der Lely&Stollwerk, 1996). Intervention is imperative to …
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Environmental influences on communication development: Implications for children with neurodevelopmental communication impairments
… impairments such as speech sound disorder, language disorder, and autism spectrum disorder affect approximately 1.5 - 16% of children, and are associated with academic, socioemotional, and behavioral difficulties. The work in Chapter 2 directly examines a common form of environmental support …
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Dynamic Assessment and Informed Intervention for Children with Language Impairment
Although speech and language therapy practitioners commonly place great weight on standardised, static assessment, the procedures may not be fully representative, and reveal little about the child’s learning potential or the direction that intervention should take. Vygotsky’s theories, particularly …
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