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A Letter to the Parent(s) of a Child with Developmental Apraxia of Speech. Part I: Speech Characteristics of the Disorder.
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Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech, this letter discusses the characteristics of the disorder including having been a "quiet" baby, slow and late development of speech skills, problems sequencing sounds and syllables correctly, and problems in correct "voicing". An appended annotated bibliography…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Language Acquisition, Parent Education
A Letter to the Parent(s) of a Child with Developmental Apraxia of Speech. Part II: The Nature and Causes of DAS.
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Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), this letter discusses issues and current thinking about the nature and causes of the disorder. These include the idea that DAS is a disorder of overall language development or that DAS is a problem of the "motor-programming" system for speech. An…
Descriptors: Child Development, Etiology, Language Acquisition, Parent Education
A Letter to the Parent(s) of a Child with Developmental Apraxia of Speech. Part III: Other Problems Often Associated with the Disorder.
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Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech, this letter discusses other problems associated with the disorder including language development problems, academic problems, motor skill problems, and chewing and swallowing difficulties. An annotated bibliography of two further readings for parents is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Problems, Parent Education
A Letter to the Parent(s) of a Child with Developmental Apraxia of Speech. Part IV: Treatment of DAS.
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Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
One of a series of letters to parents of children with developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), this letter discusses the treatment of DAS including linguistic approaches, motor-programming approaches, a combination of linguistic and motor-programming approaches, and treatment approaches that include specific sensory and gestural cueing techniques.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Outcomes of Treatment
The Use of Preprofessional Students as Communication Aides in the Schools
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Hall, Penelope K.; Knutson, Claudia L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1978
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Elementary Education, Positive Reinforcement, Practicums
Case Study: Therapy Procedures for Remediation of a Nasal Lisp
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Hall, Penelope K.; Tomblin, J. Bruce – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1975
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Exceptional Child Education, Primary Education, Speech Handicaps
The Token and Reporter's Tests--Using Two Scoring Conventions: A Normative Study with 286 Grade and Junior High Students and Use with 123 Language-Disordered Students.
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Jordan, Linda S.; Hall, Penelope K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1985
Performance of 286 normal children (grades K-9) on the De Renzi and Faglioni form of the Token Test and the De Renzi and Ferrari Reporter's Test were analyzed. Two different scoring conventions were compared: number correct versus weighted scores. Normative data are presented by grade level and age. Specific administration and scoring procedures…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Tests, Testing
An Attempt to Revise Scoring Conventions for the Token and Reporter's Tests.
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Hall, Penelope K.; Jordan, Linda S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1988
Revised methods of scoring the Token Test and Reporter's Test were developed to accommodate specific types of errors committed by language-disordered children during a previous standardization study. Test modifications are explained as are the results of administering the revised tests to both normal and language-disordered school-aged children.…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Receptive Language
An Assessment of a Controlled Association Task to Identify Word-Finding Problems in Children.
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Hall, Penelope K.; Jordan, Linda S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
An adaptation of the Fluency in Controlled Association subtest of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination was administered to language-disordered (N=123) and non-disabled (N=286) kindergarten through ninth-grade students. Lack of significant differences on this task suggests that it may not be an appropriate screening device for identifying…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Associative Learning, Elementary Education, Expressive Language