BACKGROUND: Spoken and written language difficulties are the predominant symptoms in the progressive neurodegenerative disease referred to as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). There has been very little research on the effectiveness of intervention on spoken language impairments in this context and none directed specifically at progressive written language impairment. AIMS: To examine the eff...

TOPIC Because of the link between communication impairments and psychiatric disorders, it is important for nurses and other healthcare professionals to know the warning signs for the need for a communication/speech/language evaluation for children during infancy through early childhood. PURPOSE This article presents an overview of the role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs); the expected ...

PURPOSE To examine the efficacy of Fast ForWord Language (FFW-L) and 2 other interventions for improving the phonemic awareness and reading skills of children with specific language impairment with concurrent poor reading skills. METHOD A total of 103 children (age 6;0 to 8;11 [years;months]) with language impairment and poor reading skills participated. The children received either FFW-L com...

Objective: To analyze the impact of speech therapy combined with audiovisual integration rehabilitation training on intelligence and language recovery children global developmental delay. Methods: A total 60 delay treated in our hospital from January 2021 to December 2022 were selected as research subjects. The divided into two groups according intervention method: control group (n=30) study (n...

THE EFFECTS OF A DRAMA-BASED LANGUAGE INTERVENTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEORY OF MIND AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN URBAN KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS by Heather Smith Because theory of mind (ToM; Samson, 2009) and executive function (EF; Meltzer, 2010) are important skill domains for children‟s academic and social success in school, researchers have focused on evaluating the impact of interventions des...

This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of Picture Book-based Dialogic Reading (PBbDR) in enhancing a 3rd grader’s creativity. The intervention program picture book-based dialogic reading included four steps (PEER), and five prompt methods (CROWD). PEER is an acronym Prompt, Evaluate, Expand Repeat, CROWD Completion prompts, Recall prompts, Open-ended Wh Distancing prompts. We adopted mul...

Maternal verbal responsiveness in naturally occurring interactions is known to facilitate language development for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. The present study used a series of A-B replications to examine proximal effects of a naturalistic language intervention on the use of specific language support strategies by mothers of eight young children with an autism spectrum disorder...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of stereotypies in children with a history of early institutional care, evaluate the efficacy of a foster care intervention compared with institutional care on the course of stereotypies, and describe correlates in language, cognition, and anxiety for children who exhibit stereotypies. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Institutions in Bucha...

Occupational therapy relies primarily on communication between the therapist and client for effective intervention. Adequate communication may be influenced by language and cultural differences between the therapist and client. Cultural competence in relation to language and culture is thus a vital part in practice. Limited research exists on cultural competence in occupational therapy students...