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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Interventions for Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs: An Exploration of Current Practice
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Roulstone, Sue; Wren, Yvonne; Bakopoulou, Ioanna; Lindsay, Geoff – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2012
This article reports a series of interviews with education and health practitioners. The aims were to identify interventions used in practice with children with speech, language and communication needs, to explore explanations for the choice of intervention and to identify the ways that outcomes were measured. Participants (n = 61) included…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Educational Psychology, Best Practices
The Collection and Analysis of Data on Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs: The Challenge to Education and Health Services
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Lindsay, Geoff – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
The Bercow Report (Bercow, 2008) commissioned by the UK government provided a high status impetus to improve services for children and young people with the full range of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). A research study commissioned to provide evidence to Bercow (2008) identified both limitations and potential benefits regarding…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Services, Trusts (Financial), Young Adults
Explaining the Academic Achievement at School Leaving for Pupils with a History of Language Impairment: Previous Academic Achievement and Literacy Skills
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Dockrell, Julie E.; Lindsay, Geoff; Palikara, Olympia – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
The relationships are explored between language and literacy and academic success at 16 years in an English sample of 62 young people with a history of specific language impairment identified at 8 years. Data were available from national assessments at 16 and 14; in addition the pupils had completed a range of standardized tests to examine…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Verbal Ability