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Sirpa Tarvainen; Pauline Frizelle; Hanna Granroth-Wilding; Suvi Stolt; Kaisa Launonen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension interventions varies greatly, but the reasons for this have received little attention. Aims: The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine which…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
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Lund, Shelley K.; Keis, Emily; SanFelippo, Kaitlin – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2020
Clinical Question: Do children with complex communication needs show greater improvement in requesting behaviors with the Picture Exchange Communication System® (PECS®) versus a speech-generating device (SGD)? Method: Systematic Review. Sources: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Education Resources Information…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Speech Communication, Communication Skills
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Johnston, Judith R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1982
Four specific perspectives on narrative structure are briefly reviewed, and a case study is used to illustrate how these perspectives can provide useful insights into the language behavior of a language-disordered child. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Elementary Education, Expressive Language
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Damper, R. I. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1986
Three types of rapid message composition for non-speaking persons, classified according to keyboard, are described: sequential keyboard, "semantic" input through iconic representation, and chord keyboard. The strengths, drawbacks, and potential of each type are discussed for a user population with good keying ability and normal cognitive and…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Expressive Language, Ideography
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Hodson, Barbara Williams – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
The impact of a disordered phonological system (expressive or receptive) on language development is examined. Research results and guidelines are presented for identification of critical intelligibility and phonological awareness deficiencies and for intervention. Options for expediting intelligibility gains and research findings on enhancing…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Communication Disorders, Expressive Language, Intervention