Communication Disorders Quarterly articles from March 2005

Communication Disorders Quarterly archives from March 2005

Letter from the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2005... In this issue, three articles relate to individuals with severe communication disorders across the age span: "Intervention to Improve Expressive Grammar for Adults With Down Syndrome" by Lynne Hewitt, Angela Hinkle, and Adele Miccio;...

The ability of children with language impairment to recognize emotion conveyed by facial expression and music.
March 22, 2005... The emotion understanding of children with language impairment (LI) was examined in two studies employing emotion-recognition tasks selected to minimize reliance on language skills. Participants consisted of 43 children with LI and 43 typically...

Intervention to improve expressive grammar for adults with Down syndrome.
March 22, 2005... Recent investigations have supported the ability of persons with Down syndrome to continue learning language on into adulthood. The importance of intervention to increase communicative competence is evident--what is not known is the...

Expressive communication strengths of adults with severe to profound intellectual disabilities as reported by Group Home Staff.
March 22, 2005... This study documents the communication strengths of 14 adults who resided in community group-home settings through the use of staff informant reports. These participants had as many as 12 different communication forms (e.g., reaching gestures,...

Parent perceptions of communication behaviors at formally assessed stage transitions in young children at risk for being nonspeaking.
March 22, 2005... The authors compared parent-perceived communication behaviors for formally assessed stages longitudinally for 42 infants at risk for being nonspeaking. They compared perceived communication behaviors at assessed transitions to communicative...

Nonbiased assessment of English language learners: a tutorial.
March 22, 2005... In 1990, public school speech-language pathologists (SLPs) all over the United States were surveyed regarding service delivery to English language learner (ELL) students. In 2001, the survey was replicated with a larger national sample (N =...

Continuing education questions.
March 22, 2005... The Ability of Children With Language Impairment to Recognize Emotion Conveyed by Facial Expression and Music Matthew P. Spackman, Martin Fujiki, Bonnie Brinton, Donna Nelson, and Jillean Allen 1. Emotion understanding can be defined...

Conference calendar.(Calendar)
March 22, 2005... March 2006 March 23-25, 2006 * Association for Positive Behavior Support, 3rd Annum International Conference: "The Expanding World of PBS: Science, Values and Vision" * Reno, NV * Contact: 570/389-4081; Web site: http://www.apbs.org ...