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Ellsworth, Shirley; Kotkin, Ronald – Hearing and Speech Action, 1975
The mother and teacher of a boy who lacked speech skills (eventually diagnosed as generalized apraxia, severe in the speech modality) describe the boy's various diagnoses and educational treatments and the successful use of sign language to improve his expressive communication. (LS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Exceptional Child Education, Expressive Language
Conant, Susan; Budoff, Milton – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1986
Speech samples were elicited twice (four months apart) from a 4-year-old language delayed child. Clinical analysis involved examination of conversational turns and words, length of unit, speech act variables, amount of speech, and syntax. Although results clearly indicated an unmistakable surge in expressive language, analysis did not explain the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedWing, Clara S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1990
Children who used chloride-deficient soy-based infant formulas (Neo-Mull-Soy and Cho-Free) have been found to exhibit expressive language disorders. Medical studies of such children are reviewed, and a case study compares the language development deficits of an eight-year-old boy who used the formula with that of his fraternal twin who did not.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Delayed Speech, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHoffman, Paul R.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1990
Two four-year-old phonologically delayed children were treated using two intervention approaches for a six-week period. Although similar phonological improvements were seen in both children, the child in the whole language treatment showed greater improvements in expressive language performance. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textBuggey, Tom – 1995
In this investigation, a case study approach was used with two preschool children with language delays to determine whether videotaped self-modeling (VSM) intervention would influence their expressive language development. Language samples of both children were videotaped and then edited to leave only the best examples of the target language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Early Intervention, Expressive Language
Buckley, Sue; And Others – 1986
The book summarizes the current state of knowledge concerning language development in children with Down Syndrome (DS). The first chapter reviews language development in normal children, noting such stages as gestures, first sounds, development of understanding, first spoken words, and the two-word stage. The next chapter examines language skills…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Developmental Stages
MCGINNIS, MILDRED A. – 1963
THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO DEFINE APHASIA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS, TO PRESENT A PROCEDURE FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE TO APHASIC CHILDREN, AND TO APPLY THIS PROCEDURE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBJECTS. OTHER HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS WHICH COMPLICATE THE DIAGNOSIS OF APHASIA ARE PRESENTED BY MEANS OF CASE STUDIES. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Studies, Children, Delayed Speech
