November 13, 2017

Perspective Pieces

November 13, 2017/ Meredith Poore Harold, PhD, CCC-SLP

Writing Measurable and Academically Relevant IEP Goals With 80% Accuracy Over Three Consecutive Trials
Comparing Methods for Assessing the English Grammatical Development of Spanish-Speaking English Learners
Using Experience Books to Foster the Narrative Skills of English Learners

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"SLPs shouldn't be expected to find and read journal articles alone. It's simply inefficient."

– Meredith P. Harold, PhD, CCC-SLP

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SLPs are well-aware that speech, language, and literacy are all interconnected, but we’re also aware that they’re not necessarily interconnected in a nice, clear, easy-to-understand way. This study helped to sharpen our vision on whether we should expect later spelling difficulty in children with early speech and language disorders.
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On this research: Lewis, B. A., Freebairn, L., Tag, J., Benchek, P., Morris, N. J., Iyengar, S. K., …, & Stein, C., M. (2018). Heritability and longitudinal outcomes of spelling skills in individuals with histories of early speech and language disorders. Learning and Individual Differences.
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Who has students working on WH-question goals? How many of them have intellectual disabilities? Why isn’t there any research on teaching that skill with that population? When should I stop with the WH-questions? Oh—right now? Gotcha.
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To learn more about this research: Sanders, E. J., & Erickson, K. A. (2018). Wh - Question answering in children with intellectual disability.
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Back in 2014, Plante et al. found that maximizing the variability in the contexts in which you model and elicit a grammar target boosted performance for preschoolers with language disorders. ⁣
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For example, 24 past-tense verbs, one time each? Better than 12 heard twice (!). Dr. Plante even shared an awesome tip for making it work IRL: write down 24 nouns/verbs/whatevers before you start (matching the materials you’re using) and cross them off as you go! ⁣
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On this research: Plante, E., Ogilvie, T., Vance, R., Aguilar, J.M., Dailey, N.S., Meyers, C., … Burton, R. (2014). Variability in the language input to children enhances learning in a treatment context. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23, 530–545.⁣
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American school-based SLPs, let’s talk. Turns out we’re approaching this bit of IDEA from lots of different angles… with big implications for our students. Check out our review of Farquharson & Boldini’s (2018) new survey.⁣⁣⠀
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On this research: Farquharson, K., & Boldini, L. (2018). Variability in interpreting “educational performance” for children with speech sound disorders. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools. Advance online publication.⁣⁣⁣⠀
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How do you interpret “educational performance"? How does that impact who does/doesn't receive services?⁣
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On this research: Farquharson, K., & Boldini, L. (2018). Variability in interpreting “educational performance” for children with speech sound disorders. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools. Advance online publication.⁣
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Reduced initiation of joint attention using gestures at 12 months of age. What’s that a sign of? Autism? (yep) Developmental language disorder? (yes!) To learn more visit the #linkinbio
On this research: Franchini, M., Hamodat, T., Armstrong, V. L., Sacrey, L.-A R., Brian, J., Bryson, S. E., …, & Smith, I. M. (2018). Infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder: Frequency, quality, and variety of joint attention behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
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Sperry et al. (2018) revisit the often-repeated “30 million word gap” between what higher- and lower-SES children hear during their early years and come to a different conclusion. There’s still room for (a lot of) debate here, but the take-home is this: to be culturally proficient SLPs, we need to put aside assumptions based on a child’s background, and look at the whole family.⁣
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We tend to talk about speech OR language impairment, when in reality, it’s rarely so simple. Two studies this month looked at morphology skills in preschoolers with speech sound disorders, and ways to untangle the effects of each.
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Of this research: Howland, C., Baker, E., Munro, N. & McLeod, S. (2018). Realisation of grammatical morphemes by children with phonological impairment. & Murray, E., Thomas, D. & McKechnie, J. (2018). Comorbid morphological disorder apparent in some children aged 4-5 years with childhood apraxia of speech: findings from standardised testing.
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Cultural proficiency 101: Reconsidering the 30 million word gap
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On this research: Sperry, D. E., Sperry, L. L., Miller, P.J., (2018). Reexamining the verbal environments of children from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Child Development.
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to learn more about this research: Brimo, D., & Hall-Mills, S. (2018) Adolescents’ production of complex syntax in spoken and written expository and persuasive genres. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics.

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Read our review by visiting the #linkinbio
Of this research: Solis, M., Ciullo, S., Vaughn, S., Pyle, N., Hassaram, B., & Leroux, A. (2011). Reading comprehension interventions for middle school students with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45, 327–340.

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