4. Community-based outreach is a strategy based on the assumption that a. older African Americans are disinterested in their own health care. b. older African Americans are reluctant to leave their communities. c. it is impossible to fully understand an individual without knowing his or her community. d. it is impossible to effectively deliver audiology and speechlanguage pathology services to ...

English instruction for children with hearing loss has traditionally focused on teaching about language conventions, with much less attention to learning language, or to learning through language—especially its discourse features. The author argues that language intervention, through the collaborative efforts of speechlanguage pathologists and teachers, should promote communication interactions...

Purpose: Phonemic awareness has been identified as a critical area of early literacy instruction. Evidence suggests that educators may not have sufficient phonemic awareness skill to provide effective phonemic awareness instruction. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) demonstrate strong phonemic awareness skill relative to other educators (Spencer, Schuele, Guillot, & Lee, 2008). This study sou...

The function of the jaw for feeding and speech has long been the discussion of both speechlanguage pathologists and occupational therapists. This article will examine the relationship between jaw movements or jaw skill levels for feeding quality and speech clarity. What has been missing in our discussions concerning jaw function is the role the jaw plays in the development of speech sounds. Inf...

Research over the past decade has provided the rationale to target the peer-related social-communicative competence of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Yet our clinical experiences suggest that verbal interaction skills with peers rarely are emphasized in speech/language intervention with these children. We argue that it is particularly important for speech-language pathologist...

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Telepractice and other technological advances are being widely adopted to increase access to, improve the efficiency of, and potentially decrease the cost of speech-language and audiology services. Although use of the telepractice service delivery model is proliferating, little descriptive information is known about the training that is available to preservice graduate studen...

History and development of the profession: ∑ History and development of the profession of SpeechLanguage Pathology (SLP) specifically in Nepal, neighboring countries and abroad. ∑ Major work activities of the SLP. ∑ Various settings of speech – language therapy service delivery. ∑ Professions concerned with communication disorders. Human communication: ∑ Definitions and components. ∑ Interdepen...

These guidelines are an official statement of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). They were approved by ASHA’s Legislative Council on November 18, 2000. They provide guidance for speech-language pathologists in all work settings regarding their roles and responsibilities related to reading and written language disorders in children and adolescents but are not official stand...

This paper examines the benefits of using CBT-techniques as a therapeutic tool within the treatment of stuttering. Stuttering is a complex disorder that involves not only speech disfluencies but also psychological and interpersonal problems as a consequence of the interaction of thoughts, emotions and behaviour. This case study describes CBT carried out with a young woman with stuttering diffic...