Comparing language profiles and learning impairment in pupils in special schools.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the integral role that verbs play in sentence production, understanding verb deficits is critical to clinical practice. Difficulties in sentence production are often directly related to an inability to retrieve argument structure information which, according to most theoretical accounts, is specified a...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Caley S,Whitworth A,Claessen M

更新日期：2017-01-01 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:Difficulties experienced by novices in clinical reasoning have been well documented in many professions, especially medicine (Boshuizen and Schmidt 1992, 2000; Elstein, Shulman and Sprafka 1978; Patel and Groen 1986; Rikers, Loyens and Schmidt 2004). These studies have shown that novice clinicians have diffi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hoben K,Varley R,Cox R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of devices delivering altered auditory feedback (AAF) as a therapeutic alternative for those who stutter. AIMS:The effectiveness of a device delivering AAF (SpeechEasy®) was compared with behavioural techniques in the treatment of stuttering in a randomized cli...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Ritto AP,Juste FS,Stuart A,Kalinowski J,de Andrade CR

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research indicates that joint attention is an important factor in determining the rate and nature of early vocabulary development in typically developing children. Studies conducted with deaf children acquiring sign language indicate that caregivers adopt special strategies for achieving joint attention with this grou...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Clibbens J,Powell GG,Atkinson E

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discourse in adults with aphasia is increasingly the focus of assessment and therapy research. A broad range of measures is available to describe discourse, but very limited information is available on their psychometric properties. As a result, the quality of these measures is unknown, and there is very lit...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Pritchard M,Hilari K,Cocks N,Dipper L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The Ward Infant Language Screening Test, Assessment, Acceleration and Remediation (WILSTAAR) comprises a programme for identifying and helping 8-10-month-old infants showing early signs of language and communication difficulty. The study addresses one of the queries raised by critics of the programm...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Alston E,James-Roberts IS

更新日期：2005-04-01 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:Fluent speakers and people who stutter manifest alterations in autonomic and emotional responses as they view stuttered relative to fluent speech samples. These reactions are indicative of an aroused autonomic state and are hypothesized to be triggered by the abrupt breakdown in fluency exemplified in stutte...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Guntupalli VK,Nanjundeswaran C,Dayalu VN,Kalinowski J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to increase the evidence base in speech and language therapy are often limited by methodological factors that have restricted the strength of the evidence to the lower levels of the evidence hierarchy. Where higher graded studies, such as randomized controlled trials, have been carried out, it has so...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Wren Y,Humphries K,Stock NM,Rumsey N,Lewis S,Davies A,Bennett R,Sandy J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are increasingly engaging in school-based interventions targeting children with language difficulties. Collaborative work between teachers and SLTs has shown to be beneficial in fostering language development in all children. Both groups of professionals have different b...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Kouba Hreich E,Moitel Messarra C,Martinez-Perez T,Richa S,Maillart C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence suggests that performance across a variety of cognitive tasks is effectively supported by the use of verbal and nonverbal strategies. Studies exploring the usefulness of such strategies in children with specific language impairment (SLI) are scarce and report inconsistent findings. AIM...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Eichorn N,Marton K,Campanelli L,Scheuer J

更新日期：2014-09-01 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:Those who stutter have a proclivity to social anxiety. Yet, to date, there is no comprehensive measure of thoughts and beliefs about stuttering that represent the cognitions associated with that anxiety. AIMS:The present paper describes the development of a measure to assess unhelpful thoughts and beliefs a...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： St Clare T,Menzies RG,Onslow M,Packman A,Thompson R,Block S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of developing a negative attitude to communication as a consequence of having a speech disorder has been in focus for decades in research concerning fluency disorders in relation to both children and adults. The Communication Attitude Test (CAT), which was created to measure children's attitudes tow...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Johannisson TB,Wennerfeldt S,Havstam C,Naeslund M,Jacobson K,Lohmander A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on a range of tests and assessments given to a group of six fluent aphasic speakers. Diverse profiles emerged with dissociations between the ability to name action pictures or construct sentences and the ability to produce grammatically well-formed spontaneous speech. ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Edwards S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aphasia is characterized by difficulties in connected speech/writing. AIMS:To explore the differences between the oral and written description of a picture in individuals with chronic aphasia (IWA) and healthy controls. Descriptions were controlled for productivity, efficiency, grammatical organization, sub...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Vandenborre D,Visch-Brink E,van Dun K,Verhoeven J,Mariën P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a project designed to equip direct care workers with the knowledge and skills to address communication as a central factor in the lives of people with learning disabilities who challenge services. The elements of the approach taken--'Challenging Communication'--are described, outcomes discussed an...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Sutton K,Thurman S

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI) have traditionally been conceptualized as distinct disorders, recent findings indicate that the boundaries between these two conditions are not clear-cut. While considerable research has investigated overlap in the linguistic charact...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Taylor LJ,Maybery MT,Grayndler L,Whitehouse AJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Altered auditory feedback can facilitate speech fluency in adults who stutter. However, other findings suggest that adults who stutter show anomalies in 'audiovocal integration', such as longer phonation reaction times to auditory stimuli and less effective pitch tracking. AIMS:To study audiovocal integrati...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Loucks T,Chon H,Han W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One approach to outcome measures for speech and language therapy is to display measures of the physical, acoustic, correlates of the perceptually salient features of the structure of speech. A difficulty with this approach is that there is no simple mapping of physical correlates onto speech percepts. In this workshop...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Carlson E,Miller D

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bloodstein reviewed hundreds of studies that investigated the efficacy of therapeutic protocols for ameliorating the stuttering syndrome. Surprisingly, almost all were effective in significantly reducing overtly perceptible behaviours such as repetitions and prolongations of speech sounds. These results seem...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Guntupalli VK,Kalinowski J,Saltuklaroglu T

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inter-professional collaboration (IPC) has been recommended for many years as a means by which the needs of children with developmental language disorders (DLD) can be met at school. However, effective IPC remains difficult to achieve and our knowledge of how to support it is limited. A shared understanding ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Gallagher AL,Murphy CA,Conway P,Perry A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reflective learning approach for clinical training with final year students is described. The training programme aims to promote the development of independent and reflective practitioners. The theories and ideas that have influenced the structure of the programme are described and an outline of the programme is pro...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Bruce C,Parker A,Herbert R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of qualitative methodologies in speech and language therapy has grown over the past two decades, and there is now a body of literature, both generally describing qualitative research, and detailing its applicability to health practice(s). However, there has been only limited profession-specific discu...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Skeat J,Perry A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following report describes a three year project to develop, implement and evaluate a specialised speech and language therapy (SLT) service to children with specific language impairment (SLI) who attend mainstream schools and nurseries. The report describes how the service was set up and the package of care offered...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hirst E,Britton L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systems approach is used to examine the barriers to collaboration found in the working practices of speech and language therapists and teachers. Functional, structural and systems-environment barriers are found, but few process barriers, which may explain why good collaborative practice can be found in the field. Th...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McCartney E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six speech and language therapy (SLT) clinical files, in which patients presented with a medical diagnosis of bilateral or unilateral vocal fold nodule(s), were audited retrospectively over a six year period (1992-1998). The objective of the study was to evaluate current practice within our trust in the managem...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McCrory E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00