Speech-Language Pathologists' Attitudes and Involvement regarding Language and Reading

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Casby
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Reading Problems ◽  
Reading Disorders ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Speech Pathologist ◽  
Knowledge Competencies

A survey was conducted to explore public school speech-language pathologists' attitudes and perceptions of their knowledge, competencies, educational needs, and involvement with children regarding the relationship between oral language and reading disorders. Data indicated that public school speech-language pathologists believe they ought to be involved with children with reading disorders, yet they report that they are not involved to a great extent. Those surveyed also reported a present lack of competencies and available training to assist them in assuming a more integral role in the management of children who possess a reading disorder. ...the speech pathologist's role in reading instruction is something more than the identification and remediation of coexisting defects of articulation or auditory perception.... The speech pathologist has an essential contribution to make to the process of reading acquisition, in normal and language disordered children ?. The speech pathologist has the responsibility to assess and develop the linguistic prerequisites for reading, as well as to assist the child in developing the specific linguistic awareness required for reading (Rees, 1974, pp. 257-258). ...we believe that there is a significant amount of evidence to indicate that speech pathologists can make a very important contribution to the prevention and treatment of reading problems (Stark, 1975, p. 834). Because the speech-language pathologist is a specialist in the area of language, he/she is, in many cases, the best qualified to identify, assess and remediate the language-based reading problems exhibited by many reading-disordered children (Catts & Kamhi, 1986, p. 335).

The Linguistic Basis of Reading Disorders

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh W. Catts ◽  
Alan G. Kamhi
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Reading ◽  
Recent Theory ◽  
Reading Problems ◽  
Reading Disorders ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Knowledge Of Language ◽  
Linguistic Basis

Recent theory and clinical insight have emphasized the linguistic aspects of reading and reading disorders. As a result, some speech-language pathologists are playing a more integral role in the identification, assessment, and remediation of reading disorders. This paper discusses the linguistic basis of reading and reading problems, and provides some guidance to speech-language pathologists on how they can use their knowledge of language to deal more effectively with developmental reading disorders.

The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Whole Language

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol E. Westby
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Whole Language ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Language Program ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
Oral Language Proficiency ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist

Many schools are implementing whole language methodology in the teaching of reading and writing. Whole language programs assume that children have a certain degree of oral language proficiency. For language-learning disabled students, such assumptions may be incorrect. The whole language literacy movement provides an excellent opportunity for speech-language pathologists to work as an integral part of the school team seeking to build literacy. This article presents a framework for understanding the pragmatic, semantic, syntactic, text, and phonological aspects of language that underlie both oral and written communication and gives suggestions for ways speech-language pathologists can assess children's language skills that are essential for success in a whole language program.

Uncovering Reading Needs of Non-English Majors of Tribhuvan University

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Gopal Prasad Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Reading Instruction ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Reading Problems ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
English Students

This study aimed at investigating into reading problems and needs of non-major English students of Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal. Needs analysis (NA) plays an integral role in the process of designing and carrying out any language course, whether it is English for Specific Purposes (ESP) or general English course, and its centrality has been acknowledged by several scholars and authors.  One hundred and two non-English majors and fifteen English teachers of Tribhuvan University participated in this study. Questionnaires served as the main tools for conducting an NA. The findings revealed that both the groups of participants perceived all seven sub-skills of reading as ‘important’. There is consistency between students’ perceptions of importance of subskills of reading and teachers’ perception of importance of the sub-skills. Regarding the perceived competence, teacher participants found their students’ abilities to be “not very good” or even “poor” in the subskills which they considered ‘important’ or ‘very important’. They rated their students at levels lower than the ones students did. The study also revealed that the students are poor at reading instruction booklets, company brochures and user manuals.

scholarly journals Speech-Language Pathologists Collaborating With Head Start To Improve Children’s Early Language and Literacy Skills: Efficacy and Intensity Effects

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maura Jones Moyle ◽  
S. Sue Berman
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Emergent Literacy ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
At Risk Children

The current study examined the efficacy of a speech-language pathologist–designed and implemented emergent literacy program for Head Start preschoolers and the influence of intensity of intervention on children’s gains. Results indicated that children who participated in the intervention program exhibited greater gains than the control group on oral language, phonological awareness, and alphabet/print knowledge. Children who received a higher dosage of intervention made greater gains on vocabulary and oral language compared to the lower intensity group. Speech-language pathologists may be valuable collaborators in promoting emergent literacy skills in at-risk children.

Writing Funding Proposals for Speech-Language Staff Development Projects

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Carol A. Esterreicher ◽  
Ralph J. Haws
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
School Environments ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Special Programs

Speech-language pathologists providing services to handicapped children have pointed out that special education in-service programs in their public school environments frequently do not satisfy the need for updating specific diagnostic and therapy skills. It is the purpose of this article to alert speech-language pathologists to PL 94-142 regulations providing for personnel development, and to inform them of ways to seek state funding for projects to meet their specialized in-service needs. Although a brief project summary is included, primarily the article outlines a procedure whereby the project manager (a speech-language pathologist) and the project director (an administrator in charge of special programs in a Utah school district) collaborated successfully to propose a staff development project which was funded.

Effect of Teacher Training Sessions on Listener Perception of Voice Disorders

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. DeGregorio ◽  
Nancy Gross Polow
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
School System ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Bergen County ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of teacher training sessions on listener perception of voice disorders. Three ASHA certified speech-language pathologists provided the criteria mean. Thirty randomly selected teachers from a Bergen County school system, randomly placed into two groups, served as subjects. The experimental group received three training sessions on consecutive weeks. Three weeks after the end of training, both groups were given a posttest. Listener perception scores were significantly higher for the experimental group. The implications of these results for in-service workshops, teacher/speech-language pathologist interaction and future research are discussed.

Computer Usage by Speech-Language Pathologists in Public Schools

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Ruppert Houle
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Frequent Users ◽  
Service Training

This study investigated factors that influence public school speech-language pathologists' acceptance and/or resistance to computer technology. Significant differences were found between speech-language pathologists who are frequent users of computers in the workplace and those who seldom or never use them. These differences were attributed to differences in attitudes toward computers, available funding for computers, in-service training, and physical facilities.

Success Strategies: Implementing the Professional Performance Review Process for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Jill Parmenter ◽  
Sheryl Amaral ◽  
Julia Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Performance Review ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
School Based ◽  
Review Management

Abstract The Professional Performance Review Process for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists (PPRP) (ASHA, 2006) was developed in response to the need for a performance review tool that fits school district requirements for performance review management while addressing the specific roles and responsibilities of a school-based speech-language pathologist (ASHA, 2006). This article will examine the purpose and components of the PPRP. A description of its use as a tool for self-advocacy will be discussed. Strategies for successful implementation of the PPRP will be explained using insight from speech-language pathologists and other professionals familiar with the PPRP.

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