B. J. Cunningham, P. Rosenbaum, Anastasia Nepotiuk, N. Thomas-Stonell
{"title":"Interrater Reliability of the FOCUS-34: Parent-to-Parent and Parent-to-Clinician","authors":"B. J. Cunningham, P. Rosenbaum, Anastasia Nepotiuk, N. Thomas-Stonell","doi":"10.1177/15257401221146491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221146491","url":null,"abstract":"This brief report presents interrater reliability data for the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS-34) between parents, and between parents and speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Reliability for all three raters combined was good to excellent across three assessments. Reliability for pairs of raters was variable but generally good.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42725970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Shamir, Oren Tova, Shay Horovitz, Nicole Munits, Moris Amon, S. Eden
{"title":"A Metacognitive Technological Intervention for Promoting Eye Contact Among Children With ASD: Preliminary Research Evidence","authors":"A. Shamir, Oren Tova, Shay Horovitz, Nicole Munits, Moris Amon, S. Eden","doi":"10.1177/15257401221132761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221132761","url":null,"abstract":"This preliminary study aimed to examine improvement in eye contact among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) following an innovative technological intervention integrated with meta-cognitive guidance. Eighteen ASD participants, ages 5–9, were divided into two equal intervention groups—one received metacognitive guidance, and one did not. An eye-contact assessment was conducted pre intervention and post intervention by tracing the children’s head and eye movements using a built-in laptop camera. The intervention included six 30-min sessions in which the participants played a computer game (C-Me) that required them to make eye contact with cartoon characters who needed assistance in solving a problem or completing a task. The results indicate that the technological intervention effectively promoted eye contact among all participants, especially those in the metacognitive intervention group.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42889874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where There Is an Echo, There Is an Intention: Understanding the Echolalia Phenomenon of Children With Epilepsy and Autism","authors":"Kun Yang","doi":"10.1177/15257401221132763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221132763","url":null,"abstract":"Echolalia is a typical feature of children with epilepsy and autism, but whether it is pathological is still controversial. This article aims to explore the contentious issue of echolalia based on data from three selected children with epilepsy and autism. Through discourse analysis, we explored two types of echolalia: immediate echolalia and delayed echolalia. It was found that the two types of echolalia were used to achieve interactional function, interpersonal function, and experiential function. Our research also found that the echolalia phenomenon reflected the participants’ pragmatic awareness when dealing with new information. This article will contribute to understanding echolalia in children with epilepsy and autism and provide intervention methods for children with language impairment.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42148157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leslie E Kokotek, Karla N Washington, Barbara Jane Cunningham, Rachel Wright Karem, Brittany Fletcher
{"title":"Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six: Validation of Language Skills in the Jamaican Context.","authors":"Leslie E Kokotek, Karla N Washington, Barbara Jane Cunningham, Rachel Wright Karem, Brittany Fletcher","doi":"10.1177/15257401211068126","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15257401211068126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS) is one of a few validated outcome measures related to children's communicative participation. Additional validation of the FOCUS measure could address the paucity of validated outcomes-based measures available for assessing preschool-age children, particularly for those who are multilingual. The data collected for this study, with a representative sample of Jamaican Creole-English speaking children, extend the applicability of the FOCUS to a broader range of preschoolers and expand psychometric evidence for the FOCUS to a multilingual and understudied context.</p>","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":"44 1","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11451996/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41567133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphological Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of SLPs and Educators","authors":"Keisey Fumero, Carla L. Wood","doi":"10.1177/15257401221122677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221122677","url":null,"abstract":"The current study examines the morphological knowledge (MK) and self-reported MK self-efficacy of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and educators in an effort to inform professional development and preservice training related to MK and skills in implementing morphological instruction. This sample of 850 participants consisted of SLPs ( n = 406), English language arts teachers ( n = 178), special education teachers ( n = 201), and reading specialists ( n = 65). A survey elicited professional experience, self-efficacy related to the application of MK, and a MK measure. Correlations and analyses of variance (ANOVAs) between the groups that differed by disciplinary backgrounds were conducted to assess differences in MK and MK self-efficacy. The results yielded two key findings: (a) MK differs by profession, with SLPs performing with higher accuracy in morpheme counting and nonword derivation tasks and (b) MK self-efficacy differs by profession with reading specialists rating themselves significantly more confident than all other professions.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47158981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expressive Communication Over Time: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Project Core Implementation Model","authors":"Sofia Benson-Goldberg, Lori Geist, K. Erickson","doi":"10.1177/15257401221120790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221120790","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this large-scale descriptive study was to investigate the impact of an implementation model designed to provide classroom teachers with the knowledge, skills, and resources required to provide aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) instruction to their students with extensive support needs and complex communication needs. We followed 49 students with extensive support needs and limited symbolic communication across 2 years in the classrooms of 53 teachers who engaged in ongoing coaching and professional development. At pretest, the students demonstrated an average of 15 of the 80 (19%) expressive skills on the Communication Matrix. Multilevel longitudinal modeling was used to analyze changes in scores over time. The findings suggest there was a statistically significant relationship between time and Communication Matrix scores, with the ends of each academic year associated with statistically significant growth at rates of 3.01% and 12.38%, respectively. Implications for practice and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42019719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Lentejas, Joseph Hin Yan Lam, Shelley Xiuli Tong
{"title":"Professional Training and Therapeutic Resources Needed for the Adoption of Telepractice in the Philippines","authors":"K. Lentejas, Joseph Hin Yan Lam, Shelley Xiuli Tong","doi":"10.1177/15257401221119969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221119969","url":null,"abstract":"With the COVID-19 pandemic necessitating the adoption of telepractice for providing speech and language therapy services, this study investigated the factors affecting the perceptions and the implementation of telepractice for school-age children by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the Philippines. Sixty-four SLPs completed a 36-item online survey assessing the adoption of telepractice, implementation concerns, student candidacy, continuous training in telepractice, and the SLPs’ demographics. The SLPs reported that they quickly adopted telepractice in their services for school-age students at the start of the pandemic. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that SLPs’ perceptions of the effectiveness of telepractice were significantly affected by implementation difficulties while SLPs’ future use of telepractice was significantly predicted by training and resource availability. These results suggest that professional training and other therapeutic resources are needed to alleviate SLPs’ concerns about difficulties in implementing and continuing use of telepractice.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":"44 1","pages":"257 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42251729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Adolescent Metacognitive Skills to Support Transition Planning: Age-Related Change and Domain Specificity","authors":"Gerard H. Poll, Janis Petru","doi":"10.1177/15257401221120368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221120368","url":null,"abstract":"Metacognitive ability supports both self-regulated academic learning and effective social communication. It is critical to adolescents’ ability to successfully transition from secondary education to adult contexts, underscoring the need to understand age-related changes beyond childhood. There have been conflicting findings on whether metacognition is a general ability that applies to both learning and social communication, or an ability specific to each domain. In this observational study, 35 transition-age adolescents (14–22 years) of varied social communication abilities completed measures of metacognition for learning and metacognition for social communication. Each metacognitive measure included self-knowledge and self-regulation components. Metacognition for social communication increased with participant age but metacognition for learning did not. Metacognitive measures for learning and social communication did not significantly correlate. The self-regulation component of metacognition for social communication predicted pragmatic language ability, but self-regulation for learning did not. The findings suggest that metacognition is a domain-specific ability that contributes to social communication competence.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":"44 1","pages":"266 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48236471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chrysoula Vassiliu, Angeliki Mouzaki, Faye Antoniou, A. Ralli, Vassiliki Diamanti, Sophia Papaioannou, N. Katsos
{"title":"Development of Structural and Pragmatic Language Skills in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder","authors":"Chrysoula Vassiliu, Angeliki Mouzaki, Faye Antoniou, A. Ralli, Vassiliki Diamanti, Sophia Papaioannou, N. Katsos","doi":"10.1177/15257401221114062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221114062","url":null,"abstract":"The few reports on the language skills of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) offer conflicting evidence on whether they face significant challenges, and if so, whether these challenges are present in all aspects of language. Here, we investigated a sample of Greek-speaking children with ADHD (n = 29) using a structural language (vocabulary, grammar) and a pragmatic language assessment. To ascertain the extent of strengths and weaknesses, we compared the performance of children with ADHD to typically developing (TD) peers (n = 29) and also to children with developmental language disorder (DLD; n = 25), who face challenges particularly in structural language. As regards structural language, ADHD children performed significantly lower than their TD peers but significantly higher than the DLD group. In pragmatics, ADHD children performed numerically lower than any other group, but differences did not reach statistical significance. Children with ADHD face difficulties with language skills and especially with structural language. Sophisticated linguistic assessment is crucial, as it facilitates the identification of children with different challenges by measuring performances on distinct components. Language difficulties in ADHD should not be overlooked but must be evaluated thoroughly for more effective intervention planning.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":"44 1","pages":"207 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47848055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Have You Heard of Developmental Language Disorder? An Online Survey","authors":"Jae-Hyun Kim, B. Davies, Nan Xu Rattanasone","doi":"10.1177/15257401221115822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401221115822","url":null,"abstract":"Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder. It had been suggested that public awareness is low for DLD, especially in comparison with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and dyslexia. This study investigated awareness of DLD, ASD, ADHD, and dyslexia, as well as specific language impairment (SLI) in Australia. An online survey about awareness and knowledge of DLD, SLI, ASD, ADHD, and dyslexia was completed by 272 people in Australia. People had low awareness of DLD (19.9%) compared with ASD (97.4%), ADHD (97.7%), and dyslexia (98.5%). The former label for the disorder, SLI, had an even lower level of awareness (9.4%). People have heard about DLD from a wide range of sources and were likely to have incorrect knowledge about DLD as well as believing ASD or ADHD to be the most prevalent disorders. Awareness and knowledge of DLD appear to be low. More targeted approaches to increasing public awareness of DLD are needed.","PeriodicalId":46403,"journal":{"name":"Communication Disorders Quarterly","volume":"44 1","pages":"228 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42287404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}