Communication Disorders Quarterly articles from March 2003

Communication Disorders Quarterly archives from March 2003

From the editor.
March 22, 2003... This issue of Communication Disorders Quarterly provides valuable resources for our broad audience of readers who have diverse responsibilities in varied settings throughout the world. Because linguistically diverse populations are present in...

Phonetic inventories and phonological patterns of African American two-year-olds: a preliminary investigation.
March 22, 2003... This pilot study investigated the phonological skills of 8 African American English (AAE)-speaking 2-year-olds. Spontaneous language samples were transcribed and phonological data were entered into the Interactive System for Phonological...

"A matter of vocabulary": performances of low-income African American Head Start children on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III.
March 22, 2003... Forty-nine 3- to 5-year-old African American children enrolled in Head Start were assessed using the third edition of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Dunn & Dunn, 1997). Their mean score (86.84, SD = 10.96) was significantly lower than the...

The first words produced by children in bilingual English/Mandarin Chinese environments.
March 22, 2003... The first words produced by children in bilingual environments where English and Mandarin Chinese are spoken were investigated. The goal was to determine if verbs would appear in the children's early productions, which would be consistent with...

Collaboration between speech-language pathologists and school counselors.
March 22, 2003... Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and school counselors are working on adopting alternatives to traditional service delivery models. Collaborative consultation is one approach that may alleviate the pressures resulting from expanding...

You are going to be an author: adolescent narratives as intervention.
March 22, 2003... Student-composed narratives represent a new adolescent literacy approach in general education and an academic standard in secondary schools. Provided with an intervention of scaffolded story writing, adolescents with significant communication...

Conference calendar.
March 22, 2003... November 2003 November 5-8, 2003 * 2003 NAEYC Annual Conference Chicago, IL * Contact: 800/424-2460; e-mail: conference@ naeyc.org; Web site: http://www.naeyc.org November 7-8, 2003 * DLD 2003 Annual "Bridging the Gap" Conference *...