Specialised service to children with specific language impairment in mainstream schools.

abstract：:A recent project entitled CATALISE used the Delphi method to reach a consensus on terminology for unexplained language problems in children. 'Developmental language disorder' (DLD) was the term agreed by a panel of 57 experts. Here I reflect on points of difficulty that arose when attempting to reach a consensus, usin...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Bishop DVM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Professional placements are critical elements of speech-language pathology qualifying programmes that can be complex learning environments for international students. Students are supported by placement educators who facilitate their developing skills and competencies for professional practice in these place...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Attrill S,Lincoln M,McAllister S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Listening to how people talk about the consequences of acquired aphasia helps one gain insight into how people construe disability and communication disability in particular. It has been found that some of these construals can be more of a disabling barrier in re-engaging with life than the communication imp...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Barrow R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of eight right hemisphere brain damaged (RHBD) individuals' use of gesture during discourse was explored at two points post stroke. Three topic structured conversational and three procedural discourse samples were elicited at one and six months post stroke. Gestures were analysed in terms of communicative gest...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Brady M,Mackenzie C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children were selected from schools for pupils with learning difficulties. Non-verbal ability measures classified them with what was previously termed moderate learning difficulties (MLD). A Surrey Speech, Language and Communication Profile (Surrey Profile) (Cave and McGregor 1996) was completed for each child and the...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Winter P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that immature perceptual strategies are a contributory factor to developmental phonological disorder. The findings endorse the current re-focusing of attention on the role of perception in disordered speech and language acquisition and also highlight the need for more precise assessment and remed...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Watson J,Hewlett N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an initial validation study, the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering (UTBAS I) scale, demonstrated excellent psychometric properties as a self-report measure of the frequency of unhelpful cognitions associated with social anxiety for adults who stutter. AIMS:The aim was to further validate th...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Iverach L,Menzies R,Jones M,O'Brian S,Packman A,Onslow M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Speech and language therapy (SLT) managers are expected to ensure that there are appropriate services available for bilingual and multilingual clients in order to ensure an equitable service to all clients. However, there is a paucity of data available to inform service planning. AIMS:To identify the level ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Mennen I,Stansfield J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The construction of therapy protocols for a large-scale randomized controlled trial comparing speech and language therapists and assistants, and group and individual therapy approaches for children aged 6-11 in mainstream schools is outlined. AIMS:The aim was to outline the decision-making processes that le...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McCartney E,Boyle J,Bannatyne S,Jessiman E,Campbell C,Kelsey C,Smith J,O'Hare A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated how a dementing illness such as Alzheimer's disease, might affect an individual's recourse to higher order contextual information in the access and integration of lexical material in on-line discourse comprehension. More specifically, the experiment investigated the priming of homophones...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Chenery HJ,Ingram JC,Murdoch BE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In young, typically developing children, some word production variability is expected, but highly inconsistent speech is considered a clinical marker for disorder. Speech-language pathologists need to identify variability versus inconsistency, yet these terms are not clearly differentiated. Not only is it im...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Holm A,Crosbie S,Dodd B

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the literature on children with specific language impairment (SLI) is centred on the study of cross-sectional samples and little is known on how language develops in these children--that is, whether it occurs along steps and modes analogous to those observed in normal acquisition, the only difference being sig...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Cipriani P,Bottari P,Chilosi AM,Pfanner L

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Language impairments are associated with an increased likelihood of emotional difficulties later in childhood or adolescence, but little is known about the impact of LI on the growth of emotional problems. AIMS:To examine the link between early language status (language impaired (LI), typical language (TL))...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Yew SG,O'Kearney R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A survey of clinicians made by Joffe and Pring in 2008 revealed that different approaches exist between researchers and clinicians in the treatment of children with phonological problems. Researchers have examined specific approaches to treatment often giving substantial amounts of therapy and have obtained ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Lancaster G,Keusch S,Levin A,Pring T,Martin S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysarthria knowledge is predominantly impairment-based. As a result, speech and language therapists (SLTs) have traditionally adopted impairment-focused management practices. However, guidance for best practice suggests that SLTs should consider the client holistically, including the impact of dysarthria bey...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Collis J,Bloch S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carers of people with non-acute aphasic and non-aphasic stroke completed questionnaires assessing their distress, perceptions of stroke, generalised self-efficacy, optimism, coping strategies, self-rated physical health and social support. At the same time, their relatives with the stroke were assessed on mood and abi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McClenahan R,Weinman J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential value of a framework enabling practitioners to conceptualise speech and language therapy from a range of perspectives engendered by different theories about disability is explored. Four disability research paradigms are used to categorise professional activities, whilst the 'individual' and 'social' mode...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Jordan L,Bryan K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement or maintenance of speech intelligibility is a central aim in a whole range of conditions in speech-language therapy, both developmental and acquired. Best clinical practice and pursuance of the evidence base for interventions would suggest measurement of intelligibility forms a vital role in clinical decis...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Miller N

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two stuttering subjects and two control subjects were used in a comparative pilot study using EPG. The subjects read twenty sentences and repeated three words, 'a deer', 'a clock' and 'a kitkat', ten times. These data allowed three main methods of EPG analysis: variability measures on the three words in isolation; qua...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Forster C,Hardcastle W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide speech-language therapy (SLT) students are educated in evidence-based practice (EBP). For students to use EBP in their future day-to-day clinical practice, they must value EBP as positive and must feel confident in using it. For curricula developers it is therefore important to know the impact thei...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Spek B,Wieringa-de Waard M,Lucas C,van Dijk N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanical ventilatory support seriously affects speaking and communication, and earlier studies show that many ventilator-supported patients experience difficulties and frustration with their speech and voice production. Since there is a growing number of individuals who require mechanical ventilatory suppo...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Laakso K,Markström A,Idvall M,Havstam C,Hartelius L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication training for parents of young children with neurodisability is often delivered in groups and includes video coaching. Group teaching is problematic when there is wide variation in the characteristics and needs amongst participants. AIMS:To assess the potential feasibility and acceptability of ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Stockwell K,Alabdulqader E,Jackson D,Basu A,Olivier P,Pennington L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment outcome data for children with severe speech sound disorders with motor speech involvement (SSD-MSI) are derived from Phase I clinical research studies. These studies have demonstrated positive improvements in speech production. Currently there is no research examining the optimal treatment dose fr...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Namasivayam AK,Pukonen M,Goshulak D,Granata F,Le DJ,Kroll R,van Lieshout P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of neurological disorder due to multiple factors such as substance abuse, infection, and higher rates of serious mental illness and traumatic brain injury. This could affect cognitive and language skills. Indeed, past research has suggested that certain ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Pluck G,Barajas BM,Hernandez-Rodriguez JL,Martínez MA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At least two-thirds of the world's children grow up in environments where more than one language is spoken. Despite the global predominance of multilingualism, much remains unknown regarding the language acquisition of children acquiring multiple languages compared with monolingual children. A greater unders...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Nicholls RJ,Eadie PA,Reilly S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intelligibility is a speaker's ability to convey a message to a listener. Including an assessment of intelligibility is essential in both research and clinical work relating to individuals with communication disorders due to speech impairment. Assessment of the intelligibility of spontaneous speech can be us...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Lagerberg TB,Åsberg J,Hartelius L,Persson C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to make inferences plays a crucial role in reading comprehension and the educational success of school-aged children. However, it starts to unfold much earlier than school entry and literacy. Given that it is likely to be targeted in speech language therapy, it would be useful for clinicians to h...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Filiatrault-Veilleux P,Bouchard C,Trudeau N,Desmarais C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonverbal communication abilities, including gesture use, are impaired in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, little is known about how common gestures may influence or be influenced by other areas of development. AIMS:To examine the relationships between gesture, fine motor and language in young child...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Manwaring SS,Mead DL,Swineford L,Thurm A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metalinguistic ability to cope with homonyms, that is, words having multiple unrelated meanings, emerges rather late in the course child language development. It is associated with specific neural activity and related to academic achievement and second language learning. This study is about homonyms that...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Corthals P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The modifications of fluid viscosity and/or volume are common strategies in dysphagia management, with increased viscosity or reduced volume intended to reduce aspiration. Little attention has been given to whether cough response to aspiration varies across different viscosities and volumes. AIMS:This prosp...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Miles A,McFarlane M,Scott S,Hunting A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00