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Topic Manipulation and Conversational Participation as a Function of Familiarity in School-Age Language-Impaired and Normal Language Peers.
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Edmonds, Priscilla E.; Haynes, William O. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
The study investigated the conversational participation of eight language-impaired children (ages 6-8) in interactions with normal language peers. No significant differences were found between impaired and normal children in number and proportion of topics maintained, topics introduced, or topics shaded. A familiarity effect in Session 2 was also…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Facilitating Storybook Interactions between Mothers and Their Preschoolers with Language Impairment.
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Crowe, Linda K.; Norris, Janet A.; Hoffman, Paul R. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2000
Three children with language impairment (ages 38 to 41 months) and their mothers participated in a study evaluating a storybook reading process for facilitating mother-child interactions. The complete reading cycle (CRC) involved: (1) attentional vocative, (2) query, (3) response, and (4) feedback. Results indicated changes in mothers' storybook…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship