Purpose: This study explored how often sound-field amplification and personal frequency-modulated (FM) systems are used in preschool classrooms, teacher perceptions of advantages and disadvantages of using hearing assistive technology, and teacher recommendations for hearing assistive technology use. Method: The study used a cross-sectional survey…

This article provides a rationale for incorporating early literacy screening into speech language services for young children with communication impairments. Recommendations concern identifying which children and what areas of literacy should be targeted for screening. Guidelines for interpreting findings and for using screening to guide early…

A study of 20 multiple birth children (MBC) (ages 7-8) and 20 controls found MBC performed significantly more poorly on some tasks of phonological processing, and early phonological skills of MBC were correlated with poor performance on visual rhyme recognition, word repetition, and phoneme detection tasks five years later. (Author/CR)

Outlines a parent involvement program that was developed and implemented by speech-language pathologists as part of a comprehensive program to improve academic achievement and literacy by focusing on communication skills. The organization and content of the parent program are explained, and information needed for replication is provided.…

Indiana school speech-language pathologists (n=157) responded to a survey regarding their educational and clinical preparation and current clinical practices with people who stutter. Respondents reported receiving insufficient academic and clinical preparation to work with people who stutter. Nearly half reported that their clinical skills are…

Reviews the language basis of reading disabilities and provides a checklist of language deficits frequently associated with reading disabilities. Areas assessed include: word retrieval, verbal memory, speech production, comprehension, expressive language, and speech sound awareness. The checklist is designed for early identification of reading…

Speech-language pathologists (N=21) and teachers (N=54) were surveyed regarding their perceptions of classroom-based interventions. The two groups agreed about the primary advantages and disadvantages of most interventions, the primary areas of difference being classroom management and ease of data collection. Other findings indicated few…

A national survey of school-based speech-language pathologists (N=278) showed some improvement over previous surveys in clinicians' training, confidence, and attitudes about providing assessment and intervention services to school-age children who stutter. Other findings indicated a lower success rate with adolescents and a lack of training in…

The Scale of Educators' Attitudes Toward Speech Pathology was administered to 103 school personnel in two rural county school systems, including: teachers in kindergarten through eighth-grade and special education teachers. Analysis of responses showed that all three groups demonstrated a favorable attitude toward their existing speech/language…

The article describes a 10-stage symbolic play language scale and relates the language concepts and structures associated with each developmental play stage. (PHR)

The study examines the attitudes of 40 speech-language pathologists regarding perceived sex role stereotypes associated with certain behavioral characteristics presented by clients. The results indicate that the sex of a client does affect the extent to which speech-language pathologists would modify sex stereotyped behaviors. (Author/PHR)

The article describes a method for assessing children's production of certain grammatical structures, including noun and verb markers, pronouns, negative forms, and interrogative inversion. (Author)

This article describes and presents in full an instrument for assessing the speech-language skills of limited English proficient children. The role of the speech-language specialist on the assessment team is stressed. (Author/DB)

This article presents a series of decision trees to help in planning assessment and intervention with handicapped children between three months and five years of age. A series of assessment questions lead to suggestions for intervention. Steps in using the decision trees are given and a case example presented. (Author/DB)

Designed for use by clinicians in rehabilitation planning procedures, a Communication Profile form for the developmentally disabled is presented. The profile is designed to elicit information in three areas: informant information, communication behaviors, and communication needs. (PHR)