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"It's the Way You Talk to Them." The Child's Environment: Early Years Practitioners' Perceptions of Its Influence on Speech and Language Development, Its Assessment and Environment Targeted Interventions
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Marshall, Julie; Lewis, Elizabeth – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
Speech and language delay occurs in approximately 6% of the child population, and interventions to support this group of children focus on the child and/or the communicative environment. Evidence about the effectiveness of interventions that focus on the environment as well as the (reported) practices of speech and language therapists (SLTs) and…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Language Impairments, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
Parents' and Speech and Language Therapists' Explanatory Models of Language Development, Language Delay and Intervention
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Marshall, Julie; Goldbart, Juliet; Phillips, Julie – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: Parental and speech and language therapist (SLT) explanatory models may affect engagement with speech and language therapy, but there has been dearth of research in this area. This study investigated parents' and SLTs' views about language development, delay and intervention in pre-school children with language delay. Aims: The aims…
Descriptors: Intervention, Listening Skills, Language Acquisition, Delayed Speech