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Plum, Lea; van der Meulen, Ineke; Krzok, Franziska; Overbeck, Rena; van de Sandt-Koenderman, W. Mieke E; Willmes, Klaus; Binkofski, Ferdinand; Bruehl, Stefanie – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Background: Creating a holistic picture of children and youth who suffer from acquired aphasia or another (developmental) language disorders is very difficult due to missing diagnostic instruments covering participation. Szenario-Kids is a new diagnostic instrument to measure multimodal communication abilities in everyday life situations of…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders
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Myhill, Debra; Watson, Annabel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
For most Anglophone countries, the history of grammar teaching over the past 50 years is one of contestation, debate and dissent: and 50 years on we are no closer to reaching a consensus about the role of grammar in the English/Language Arts curriculum. The debate has been described through the metaphor of battle and grammar wars (Kamler, 1995;…
Descriptors: Role, Grammar, Writing Instruction, English Instruction
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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
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Mroz, Maria – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2012
The recommendations from the Bercow Review of services for children with speech, language and communication needs (DCSF, 2008a) have significant implications for the training of pre-service teachers who will be expected to be more able to meet the needs of such children. This article explores the potential within the Standards for Qualified…
Descriptors: Identification, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers
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McLeod, Sharynne; McKinnon, David H. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2010
Prioritization of school students with additional learning needs is a reality due to a finite resource base. Limited evidence exists regarding teachers' prioritization of primary and secondary school students with additional learning needs. The aim of the present article was to differentiate teachers' perceptions of the level of support required…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Mental Retardation, Academic Achievement, Communication Disorders
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Simkin, Zoe; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2009
The opinions of adolescents about their earlier specialist educational provision in the UK, i.e. language units, have received little attention in the literature. This study examines the views of young people and their parents on language units and also evaluates opinions concerning the young people's language difficulties. One hundred and…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Specialists
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Paradice, Ruth; Bailey-Wood, Nicola; Davies, Kate; Solomon, Marion – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2007
The importance of collaborative practice between those who provide services to children with special educational needs is now regarded as essential and is supported strongly by the UK government. However, joint working is often difficult to implement, despite the goodwill of all involved. This paper describes a pilot study aimed at developing…
Descriptors: Health Services, Educational Needs, Language Impairments, Speech Impairments