Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and/or language disorders [PDF]
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine the effectiveness of speech and language therapy interventions for children with a primary diagnosis of speech and/or language disorders. The review will focus on comparisons between active interventions and controls.
Law, J, Dennis, JA, Charlton, JJV
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Indirect language therapy for children with persistent language impairment in mainstream primary schools : outcomes from a cohort intervention [PDF]
A manualized language therapy developed via a randomized controlled trial had proved efficacious in the short-term in developing expressive language for mainstream primary school children with persistent language impairment.
Ellis, Sue +4 more
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This is the research Language Therapy Manual written for the Health Technology Assessment Project 'An RCT and economic evaluation of direct versus indirect and individual versus group modes of speech and language therapy for children with primary ...
McCartney, Elspeth
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The mainstream primary classroom as a language-learning environment for children with severe and persistent language impairment - implications of recent language intervention research [PDF]
Many UK children with severe and persistent language impairment (SLI) attend local mainstream schools. Although this should provide an excellent language-learning environment, opportunities may be limited by difficulties in sustaining time-consuming ...
Ellis, Sue +5 more
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Intervention for mixed receptive-expressive language impairment : a review [PDF]
Children with receptive-expressive language impairment (RELI), also referred to as 'receptive language disorder' or 'mixed receptive-expressive disorder',2 form a subset of those with speech, language, and communication needs who commonly have problems ...
O'Hare, Anne E +8 more
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Developing a language support model for mainstream primary school teachers [PDF]
In the UK, speech and language therapists (SLTs) work with teachers to support children with language impairment (LI) in mainstream schools. Consultancy approaches are often used, where SLTs advise educational staff who then deliver language-learning ...
Ellis, Sue +10 more
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Promoting lexical learning in the speech and language therapy of children with cochlear implants [PDF]
This study examines lexical intervention sessions in speech and language therapy for children with cochlear implants (CIs). Particular focus is on the therapist’s professional practices in doing the therapy.
Minna Laakso +3 more
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BackgroundIndividuals with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often affected by communication disorders which might have an impact on their social participation.
Julia Büttner-Kunert +5 more
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Costs involved in using a cochlear implant in South Africa
Cochlear implantation is an expensive but effective lifelong intervention for individuals with a severe-to-profound hearing loss. The primary aim of this study was to survey the short- and long-term costs of cochlear implantation.
Gillian Robyn Kerr +2 more
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ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy
Over the past decade speech and language therapy has taken an interesting turn towards the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) for diagnosis of disorders and delivery of therapy. In many cases ICTs have worked as assistive tools to therapists, while in others as sole providers of therapy, especially in remote areas. In this report we
Athanasios Drigas, Alexia Petrova
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