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Children's Consonant Acquisition In 27 Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Review
The aim of this study was to provide a cross-linguistic review of acquisition of consonant phonemes to inform speech-language pathologists' expectations of children's developmental capacity by (a) ...
School-Aged Children's Phonological Accuracy In Multisyllabic Words On a Whole-Word Metric
Phonological accuracy in MSW production was differentiated for elementary school–aged children with TD and PPD, using a whole-word metric. To assist with the identification of children with ongoing...
Modeling the Acquisition of Words With Multiple Meanings
Learning vocabulary is essential to successful communication. Complicating this task is the underappreciated fact that most common words are associated with multiple senses (are polysemous) (e.g., ...
Articulation Vs. Phonology; Van Riper Vs. Hodson?; What’s a Busy Therapist To Do?
Sure, you’ve heard it all in graduate school, but what IS the difference between an articulation disorder and a phonology disorder? I know you knew it "once upon a time," but what do you do when yo...
The Effect of Dose Frequency On Treatment Efficacy For Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are urged to make evidence-based treatment decisions, but it is challenging to determine the appropriate intervention intensity for children with speech sound di...
How An SLP and OT Collaborate Long-Distance - The ASHA Leader BLOG
As speech-language pathologists, we all experience stories of working as an interdisciplinary team. In this story, co-treatment brought us together and keeps us in touch today. Our relationship na...
The Complexity Approach to Phonological Treatment: How to Select Treatment Targets
There are a number of evidence-based treatments for preschool children with phonological disorders (Baker & McLeod, 2011). However, a recent survey by Brumbaugh and Smit (2013) suggests that speech...
Segmentation and Representation of Consonant Blends In Kindergarten Children’s Spellings
During the period of emergence, the properties of phonemes that comprise consonant blends influence children’s ability to segment and represent blends. This finding has implications for how phonemi...
Prosodic Patterns In Children’s Multisyllabic Word Productions
This paper reviews results from a series of studies that examined the influence of metrical and segmental effects on English-speaking children’s multisyllabic word productions. Three different appr...
Reading: A Review of the Current Research On Vocabulary Instruction
This review of current vocabulary research confirms the benefits of explicit teaching over implicit teaching in promoting vocabulary development. Results from this review suggest that effective an...
Better Together
It is more productive to focus on addressing the effects of auditory weaknesses on school and home life than to expend energy debating whether poor performance on auditory skills tests reflects an ...
What Are Executive Functions and Self-Regulation and What Do They Have to Do With Language-Learning Disorders?
In this article, executive functions and self regulation are defined and the reciprocal influence of these factors on the performance of students with language-learning disorders (LLD) is explored....
Bilingual (English/Spanish) Language Milestones From Bilinguistics
PDF of language milestones for bilingual (English/Spanish) children
Reading Longer Words: Insights Into Multisyllabic Word Reading
Students with persistent reading difficulties are often especially challenged by multisyllabic words; they tend to have neither a systematic approach for reading these words nor the confidence to p...
Communication/Interaction Development At Mealtimes For the Multiply Handicapped Child: Implications For Use of Augmentative Communication Systems
The mealtime setting can be creatively used by the speech-language pathologist to increase the positive interactions between the child and caregiver and to establish the basic prerequisites for the...
Selecting Vocabulary Words to Teach
Although speech-language pathologists may understand the importance of vocabulary for oral language, listening, and reading comprehension and the need for vocabulary instruction, they may not have ...
What Are Basic Concepts?
Basic concepts are the foundation of a child’s education. They are words that a child needs to understand in order to perform everyday tasks like following directions, participating in classroom ro...
Treatment of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder: Bridging the Gap Between the Audiologist and the Speech-Language Pathologist
There is a history of debate and controversy about the assessment and intervention of children diagnosed with auditory processing disorder (APD). Professionals in communication sciences and disorde...
The Link Between Language and Spelling: What Speech-Language Pathologists and Teachers Need to Know
SLPs have expertise in the key speech and language domains such as phonology, morphology, and semantics and are therefore well placed to play an important role in supporting learners in making link...
How to Target Multiple Meaning Words In Speech Therapy
In this week's podcast episode, Marisha reviews the evidence related to the assessment and treatment of multiple meaning words.
The Functional External Memory Aid Tool Version 2.0: A How-To Clinical Guide
This clinical-focus article describes new resources available to help clinicians administer and interpret Version 2.0 of the FEMAT when serving adults with cognitive-communication disorders.
Parents' Experiences of Professionals' Involvement For Children With Extreme Demand Avoidance
Parents felt positive about practitioners who had listened to their experiences, made efforts to understand the child, and provided or arranged for help. Parents found involvement most helpful whe...
Tutorial: Speech Motor Chaining Treatment For School-Age Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Operationalized treatments for school-age children with speech sound disorders may result in more replicable and evidence-based interventions. This tutorial describes Speech Motor Chaining (SMC) pr...
Accent Modification
Everyone has an accent. People sometimes want to change the way they speak. Speech-language pathologists, or SLPs, can help.
All Words are Not Created Equal
Tips for selecting stimulus items for practice and testing.
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