Communication Disorders Quarterly articles from June 2007

Communication Disorders Quarterly archives from June 2007

Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
June 22, 2007... This is the last issue of Communication Disorders Quarterly (CDQ) for which I will serve as editor. In reflecting on the 6 years during which I have served in this capacity, I know what I have gained through the process. Those acquisitions I...

Letter from the publications director.
June 22, 2007... This issue of Communication Disorders Quarterly (CDQ) marks the close of Dr. Kathy Coufal's tenure as editor of the journal. Kathy has had a distinguished history as editor of CDQ, having held that position for the last six years. It takes a...

Rhyming and vocabulary: effects of lexical restructuring.(Report)
June 22, 2007... The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of lexical restructuring on children's phonological awareness. Thirty-three preschool children were assessed for vocabulary skills and ability to detect rhyme. Results supported the...

Phonological awareness abilities of 6-year-old children with mild to moderate phonological impairments.(Report)
June 22, 2007... Standardized and nonstandardized assessments of phonological awareness skills were administered to two groups of 6-year-old children. Group 1 passed a language screening but exhibited mild or moderate phonological impairments on the Assessment...

Contextualized approach to language and literacy (Project CALL): capitalizing on varied activities and contexts to teach early literacy skills.(Report)
June 22, 2007... In a federally funded early literacy project, various instructional activities were embedded into an array of classroom contexts to provide supplemental literacy instruction and to contrast children's engagement and participation in different...

Reading, why not? Literacy skills in children with motor and speech impairments.(Report)
June 22, 2007... In this study, 12 participants with various levels of motor and speech deficits were tested to explore their reading skills in relation to letter knowledge, speech level, auditory discrimination, phonological awareness, language skills, digit...

Continuing education questions.
June 22, 2007... CDQ Volume 28, Number 4, Summer 2007 Rhyming and Vocabulary: Effects of Lexical Restructuring Stadler, Watson, and Skahan 1. How was rhyming assessed in this study? a. Each child pointed to one of three pictures that did not...

Conference calendar.(Calendar)
June 22, 2007... March 2008 March 24-28, 2008. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. Contact: 202/238-3200; Web site: http://www.aera.net March 26-30, 2008. American Counseling Association, Annual Conference....