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50 Years of ERIC
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Language Intervention at the Middle School: Complex Talk Reflects Complex Thought
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Nippold, Marilyn A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2014
Purpose: In this article, the author discusses 2 points raised by Kamhi (2014) in his lead article to this clinical forum: (a) the need for speech-language pathologists to consider typical language development as they plan intervention and (b) the importance of addressing complex syntax. Method: A hypothetical scenario of a 7th grade English class…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Intervention, Middle School Students, Syntax
The Rules of the Game: Properties of a Database of Expository Language Samples
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Heilmann, John; Malone, Thomas O. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2014
Purpose: The authors created a database of expository oral language samples with the aims of describing the nature of students' expository discourse and providing benchmark data for typically developing preteen and teenage students. Method: Using a favorite game or sport protocol, language samples were collected from 235 typically developing…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Skills, Databases
Teachers' Perceptions of Adolescent Females with Voice Disorders
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Zacharias, Stephanie R. C.; Kelchner, Lisa N.; Creaghead, Nancy – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' attitudes toward, and perceptions of personality traits of, female adolescents who presented with voice disorders. Method: For this comparative study consisting of a 25-item web-based semantic differential survey, teachers rated voice recordings of 4 female adolescents (considered…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Voice Disorders, Teacher Attitudes
Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Functioning of Secondary School Students with Low Academic and Language Performance: Perspectives from Students, Teachers, and Parents
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Joffe, Victoria L.; Black, Emma – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2012
Purpose: Adolescence is a time of transition when young people with language difficulties are at increased risk of experiencing social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties (SEBD). Most studies of social, emotional, and behavioral functioning (SEBF) in individuals with language difficulties focus on children with a clinical diagnosis of language…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Interpersonal Relationship
Training Secondary School Teachers in Instructional Language Modification Techniques to Support Adolescents with Language Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Starling, Julia; Munro, Natalie; Togher, Leanne; Arciuli, Joanne – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2012
Purpose: This study evaluated the efficacy of a collaborative intervention where a speech-language pathologist (SLP) trained mainstream secondary school teachers to make modifications to their oral and written instructional language. The trained teachers' uptake of techniques in their whole-class teaching practices and the impact this had on the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Usage, Oral Language
The Critical Shortage of Speech-Language Pathologists in the Public School Setting: Features of the Work Environment that Affect Recruitment and Retention
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Edgar, Debra L.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2007
Purpose: The primary focus of this study was to elicit the perspectives of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) regarding features of the work environment that contribute to and/or hinder recruitment and retention in the public school setting. Method: A questionnaire was distributed to SLPs employed in 10 school districts in Central Florida…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Work Environment, Recruitment, Speech Language Pathology