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Dodd, Janet L.; Hagge, Darla K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
School-based speech-language pathologists are obligated to apply evidence-based practice and document progress of their students' response to intervention in compliance with federal law. The purpose of this preliminary study was to explore the effects of an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)-based intervention provided in a camp…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Progress Monitoring, Delivery Systems
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Steppling, Mary; Quattelbaum, Patricia; Brady, Debbie E. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2007
Guidelines for dismissal of a student who has been receiving educational interventions are available from both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Ad Hoc Committee on Admission/Discharge Criteria and from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Yet as speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the schools enroll…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Guidelines, Decision Making
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Brandel, Jayne – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) be developed utilizing a team-based model. This study examined how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) make service delivery decisions for students with language disorders. Four hundred thirty-nine SLPs participated in a national online survey…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
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Lowman, J. Joneen – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
Professional development is a necessary component of maintaining competency in professional practice. Technology has opened the door to new formats for delivering professional development, in addition to more traditional modes of training. This study compared three professional development formats for improving the quality of standards-based…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Professional Development, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation
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Sopko, Kimberly M. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2013
This document focuses on state education agency (SEA) support for child find, consultation and provision of equitable service provisions for parentally placed private school students with disabilities. Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) completed this activity as part of its cooperative…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Private Schools, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
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Guiberson, Mark; Atkins, Jenny – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2012
This study describes the backgrounds, diversity training, and professional perspectives reported by 154 Colorado speech-language pathologists in serving children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. The authors compare the results of the current survey to those of a similar survey collected in 1996. Respondents reported…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Speech Language Pathology, Language Acquisition, Allied Health Personnel
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Ahearn, Eileen M. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004 and the IDEA regulations issued in 2006 revised the requirements for identifying students under the category of specific learning disabilities (SLD). Each state must adopt criteria based on the new requirements for determining whether a child has an SLD and local…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Learning Disabilities, Federal Legislation, State Surveys
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Mire, Stephen P.; Montgomery, Judy K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
The concept of early intervening services was introduced into public school systems with the implementation of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004. This article describes a program developed for students with speech sound disorders that incorporated concepts of early intervening services, response to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, School Districts, Early Intervention