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Conceptual Models: Broadening Diagnostic Perspectives on Communication Disorders in Emotionally and Behaviorally Disordered Children.
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Doherty, Mairin; Hummel, Lauren J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
The article offers an exploratory analysis of three conceptual models used in psychiatry. Through a case presentation, the article demonstrates each model's basic premises and implications. Patterns of speech, language, and communication impairment should be investigated from all three perspectives: biodynamic, psychodynamic, and sociodynamic.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders
Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism: Recommendations and a Case Study.
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Sheridan, Susan M.; And Others – Special Services in the Schools, 1995
Presents results of stimulus fading procedure used to treat a six-year-old girl with elective mutism. Presents assessment protocol that features procedures that can be used to render a diagnosis and assist in treatment planning. Results suggest stimulus fading of new persons into the school setting was effective in producing speech. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Communication Disorders
A Framework for Assessment and Treatment of Language-Learning Disabled Children with Psychiatric Disorders.
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Audet, Lisa R.; Hummel, Lauren J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
The paper defines the population of primary school age language/learning-disabled children with communication disorders and emotional/behavioral disorders. It then discusses the language demands of traditional treatment methods, assessment and diagnostic procedures, approaches to communication intervention, and treatment modalities; and offers a…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Educational Diagnosis