Reference this material as: American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. (2002). Augmentative and alternative communication: knowledge and skills for service delivery. ASHA Supplement 22, 97–106.

â  â  a comparative study of books related to writing instruction in arabic language and subh al-asha â â â â â â â  ali zahed poor * â  â  abstract â â â  there are several books in arabic language on writing styles and instructions as well as the characteristics of writers. the present article is an attempt to introduce and critically and comparatively study the books written from the early o...

BACKGROUND Achieving development outcomes requires the inclusion of marginalised populations that have the least opportunity to participate in and benefit from development. Slum dwellers often see little of the 'urban advantage', suffering more from infectious diseases, increasing food costs, poor access to education and health care, inadequate water and sanitation, and informal employment. A r...

OBJECTIVE To assess Accredited social health activists' (ASHAs) ability to recognize illness in infants aged less than 2 months. METHODS Investigators observed 25 ASHAs conducting 47 visits. RESULTS ASHA-investigator agreement on the need to further assess infants was intermediate (kappa 0.48, P<0.001). Using IMNCI's color codes, ASHAs misclassified 80% of infants. ASHAs did not follow home...

Reference this material as: American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. (2002). Guidelines for fitting and monitoring FM systems. ASHA Desk Reference.

This scope of practice in speech-language pathology statement is an official policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). It was developed by the Ad Hoc Committee on Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology: Sarah W. Blackstone, chair; Diane Paul-Brown, ex officio; David A. Brandt; Rhonda Friedlander; Luis F. Riquelme; and Mark Ylvisaker. Crystal S. Cooper, vice pres...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of cervical kyphosis on the recovery of swallowing function in subacute stroke patients. METHODS Baseline and 1-month follow-up videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSSs) of 51 stroke patients were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into the cervical kyphosis (Cobb's angle <20°, n=27) and control (n=24) groups. The penetration-aspiration s...

Reference this material as: American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. (2004). Roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists with respect to augmentative and alternative communication: Technical report. ASHA Supplement 24, in press.