Easily Administered Recognition of Linguistically-Handicapped Youngsters

<p>This study investigates the feasibility of involving parents as evaluators using an objective screening test for their children who are 36 to 42 months of age. A more available and nonthreatening assessor is needed as physicians, dentists and other allied health professionals who are typically used to screen children for speech, language and hearing have not been effective with this age group. This is partially due to the limited contacts they have with these children and the environmental limitations for eliciting an adequate speech and language sample (Behrens, 1978; Webb, 197B; Hirsch, 1981).</p> <p>An objective-type screening instrument has been designed specifically for parent administration. Commonly used screening items were selected and analyzed to determine which were the best discriminators for a pass/fail score, thus reducing scoring error and interpretation difficulties.</p> <p>Parents were found to be capable evaluators when giving the Easily Administered Recognition of Linguistically-Handicapped Youngsters (EARLY). The EARLY also had a high correlation with the Preschool Language Scale (PLS) (Zimmerman, Steiner, and Evatt, 1979). By using the EARLY, parents will be alerted to speech and language problems and will be able to seek professional intervention at an early age. With this early identification, the speech language pathologist will be able to take advantage of the critical language-learning time period which occurs between the ages of 24 and 48 months (Eisenson, 1972; Bzoch and League, 1971).</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech-Language Pathology

Year

1982

Author dc:creator

• Webb, Robin J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Melvin S. Cohen
• E. Evelyn Britt
• Kay Kuzma

• Speech and Hearing Science
• Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Children -- Language; Speech disorders in children.

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/733

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1647