Repair in speech and language therapy interaction: Investigating pragmatic                 language impairment of children

<p class="IATED-Affiliation">The objective is an overview of the partial research outcomes aimed at evaluating the pragmatic level of communication (PCL) in persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the perspective of speech and language therapy (SLT) in the Czech Republic, where the SLT system is divided into three different sectors bringing specific views on their concept. A partial objective is to highlight the need to create specific SLT diagnostic materials for national- relevant use and outline their concept. It is based on a brief theoretical analysis of the current state of knowledge, and presents the quantitative and qualitative outcomes based on a mixed research design. Partial results confirm the lack of practical SLT´s focus on the area of PCL diagnosis in ASD, the lack of relevant diagnostic materials as well as effective options of SLT intervention in PCL of people with (ASD) focusing on selected individually impaired factors.</p><p> </p>

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Is speech and language therapy effective for children with primary speech and language impairment? Report of a randomized control trial

International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders ◽

10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00039.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 46 (6) ◽

pp. 628-640 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Jan Broomfield ◽

Barbara Dodd

Keyword(s):

Language Impairment ◽

Randomized Control Trial ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Language Therapy ◽

Speech And Language Therapy ◽

Speech And Language Impairment ◽

Randomized Control

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Outcome measurement using naturalistic language samples: A feasibility pilot study using language transcription software and speech and language therapy assistants

Child Language Teaching and Therapy ◽

10.1177/0265659013519251 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 221-229 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sarah Overton ◽

Yvonne Wren

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Language Impairment ◽

Language Skills ◽

Outcome Measurement ◽

Initial Training ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Language Therapy ◽

Speech And Language Therapy ◽

Language Analysis ◽

Language Sampling

The ultimate aim of intervention for children with language impairment is an improvement in their functional language skills. Baseline and outcome measurement of this is often problematic however and practitioners commonly resort to using formal assessments that may not adequately reflect the child’s competence. Language sampling, transcription and analysis provide a more thorough and realistic picture of a child’s abilities but are time consuming and usually considered unfeasible in the typical clinic setting. This article reports on a pilot study in which a speech and language therapy assistant (SLTA) carried out language transcription using language analysis software. Following a brief initial training period, the SLTA carried out transcriptions on 17 language samples at two time periods. Reliability between a speech and language therapist and the assistant’s transcriptions were calculated and were found to be acceptable for the majority of measures taken. The use of software by assistants is proposed as a viable alternative for outcome measurement of naturalistic language skills.

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