Communication Disorders Quarterly articles from September 2004

Communication Disorders Quarterly archives from September 2004

Letter from the editor.
September 22, 2004... In preparing this issue of CDQ, I was constantly reminded of the power of words. In any form, they are the most powerful tool we have in our repertoire of human devices. The generative nature of language, whether oral or written, engenders a...

Childhood vestibular disorders: a tutorial.
September 22, 2004... There is a growing body of evidence that childhood disorders affecting the vestibular system, although rare, do exist. Describing symptoms associated with the vestibular mechanism for children may be difficult, resulting in misdiagnosing or...

Preschool word learning during joint book reading: effect of adult questions and comments.
September 22, 2004... Adults naturally comment and pose questions during joint book reading (JBR), a recognized context for vocabulary acquisition. An original story containing 10 nonsense words mapped to novel referents was read to 40 typically developing...

Structured communicative play therapy for targeting language in young children.
September 22, 2004... Although recent evidence has shown that conversational contexts may be more effective in achieving spontaneous use of language targets, many clinicians continue to employ more structured and less naturalistic contexts for their therapy. The...

School-age children's self-assessment of oral narrative production.
September 22, 2004... This study examined aspects of self-assessment, a metacognitive ability, and oral narrative production in 401 children between 5 and 12 years of age. Oral narrative production was evaluated through the administration of the Test of Narrative...

Minibibliography: early identification of culturally and linguistically diverse children (aged 0-5).
September 22, 2004... Revised January 2005 When assessing young children for early intervention or special education services, practitioners need to be especially sensitive to the multitude of cultural and linguistic variations that exist among children who...

Continuing education questions.(Vestibular diseases in children)
September 22, 2004... Childhood Vestibular Disorders: A Tutorial Zarin Mehta and Daria B. Stakiw 1. True vertigo is differentiated from other forms of dizziness by (a) accompanying vomiting. (b) an accompanying illusory sensation of motion of either...

Conference calendar.(Calendar)
September 22, 2004... December 2005 December 7-10, 2005 * National Association for the Education of Young Children, Annual Conference and Expo * Washington, DC * Contact: 800/424-2460 or 866/623-9248; Web site: http://naeyc.org February 2006 February...