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Introduction
I choose to do my bookmark assignment on speech and language development, because that is my field of interest. I am actually interested in studying to become a speech and language pathologist. This topic was of interest to me and I found myself finding so many good articles and sites that it was quite difficult to narrow my list down to just 10 references. I think this is an excellent assignment and it is really helping me to put into perspective all the different information and research on language development so that I can refer to it in the future. In creating this page I hope to provide information for parents as well as teachers on speech and language development from both the normal and abnormal perspective, and I hope it will be as helpful to them as it is to me.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Nathan, L., Stackhouse. J., Goulandris, N., Snowling, M. (2004). The development of Early literacy skills among children with special difficulties: A test of the "critical age hypothesis". Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v. 47(2). Retrieved on the world wide web on Oct 22, 2004
This journal article is about a group of children including some with speech difficulties, language disabilities and some with both who were compared to a control group of normally developing children. The study looks at literacy development of children 4-7 and compared them both in relation to age and development to see what differences were presented between the normative and control groups. The article specifically looked at phoneme awareness and concluded that preschool language ability was determined by a child’s phonemic awareness and predicted a child’s success in early reading skills and literacy outcomes.
King, J. & Homan, S. (2003). Early intervention in literacy: An in-class model for teachers. Journal of Reading Research and Instruction, v. 42 (3). Retrieved on the world wide web on Oct 22, 2004
This article looks at literacy interventions as a method of solving reading problems. The journal first looks at the different method used during the last 10 years in classrooms. The journal credits the relatively new method of assessment of “pull-out” instruction which is a one on one method where children with difficulties work with a specialized instructor (teacher) who has training is teaching at risk children how to read. The reading also looks at the group assessment of the pull-out method and talks about the advantages and disadvantages of using a group compared to one on one method of assessment.
Law, J. (2004).The implications of different approaches to evaluating intervention: Evidence from the study of language delay/disorder. Nursing Journals, v. 56(4). Retrieved on the world wide web on Oct 22, 2004
This article looks at sources of evidence in speech and language therapy, specifically the systematic review and meta- analysis of language interventions. The article also looks at methods used in other countries. The article concludes that speech and language therapy is effective for children with phonological or expressive vocabulary difficulties but the effectiveness of therapy is not as strong for children with expressive syntax difficulties and there was no evidence of success in the area of receptive language. It is also mentioned that there was no difference between treatments administer in clinics or by trained parents.
Law, J., Garrett, Z., & Nye, C. (2004). The efficacy of treatment for children with developmental speech and language delay/disorder: A meta-analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v. 47 (4). Retrieved on the world wide web on Oct 22, 2004
This article is similar to the previous article as it discusses a study of children with speech and language delays/disorders in comparison to children with normal development. But this article looks at effects of intervention on expressive and receptive phonology, syntax and vocabulary. The findings in this article were the same as the previously mentioned article except this was a larger scale examination of children with speech and language delays and disorders in comparison the other study
Websites
This site was created by the ASHA as a source of information, both general and specific pertaining to speech and language development. Some of the articles that a reader can view are related to early literacy, bilingualism, English as a second language child, stages of language development, treatment, activities to improve language development and assessment of speech and language disorders. This is a good site for both parents and teachers to use as a reference when trying to help their kids or students with language-speech disabilitis. As well they could use it as a way of educating the other students in their class or for personal information when dealing with a child one on one.
- KidsHealth:Delay in Speech and Language (http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=KidsHealth&lic=1&article_set=22948&cat_id=146&&ps=106) Retrieve on the world wide web on Oct 27 2004
This site was created by KidsHealth as a source of information, more general than specifically pertaining to speech and language development. Some of the articles that a reader can view are related to speech therapy, stages of language development, treatment, information on different language/speech disorders, and stuttering. This is a good site for parents who want to find out general information about specific speech and language disorders. This could also be a good reference for students who might be looking for information for an assignment or term paper. This site is a good site in general because you can find out anything about child health in general and it has three different sections for parents, kids, and teenagers to use.
This site was created by SaskEd as a source of information, which is useful for planning and implementing activities and lessons in a class room, when working with a child with speech/language disorders. This site is organized like a text book with chapters on literacy and language development. This site can be used for any child as it gives you information that could be used to help any child learn to read and write as well it gives teachers information that they can use when helping a child with a disability. This is a great site for teachers to use when creating activities and lessons for their class as well it helps the teacher when they are trying to implement activities for children with speech/language delays.
Research Articles
This article is geared toward helping parents find out if their child has delayed communication skills. It gives some good advice for example 1. Parents should not wait to evaluate their child; even before a child starts to communicate verbally a parent can find out if they have a delay or disorder. 2. Also it recommends that the parents get the child's hearing tested because that could be the cause of the delay in communication. The article continues to talk about parents being aware of developmental milestones and stages, so that they can learn to enrich the environment and foster language and communication skills. The article states that the most important thing that a parent can do is get a child assessed as soon as possible if they suspect a problem because the earlier the problem is detected the faster interventions can be made, so that the child will not have as many problems in the future.
This article is related to planning and implementing activities for children with language difficulties. It talks about a method of planning called differentiated instruction. This process in the simplest explanation is a method of tailoring assignments to suit students' needs. Tomlinson the creator of this model says that this is not really a model but just teacher intuitions, or teacher’s ability to know their students, and knowing that they learn in different ways. But she says that more specifically it is "adapting content, process, and product in response to student readiness, interest, and/or learning profile."
Through this article the author discusses assessment and standards. The most important thing that is mentioned in this article is the idea that teachers do not have to fine the greatest or most complex assessment test or follow the highest standards when assessing a child's abilities. He says that if you observe the child on a regular base and use a relatively simple assessment tool that is more then enough to learn and find out what the child’s needs and weaknesses are. The author also mentions the unreliability of high-stakes test, because they are created based on a number of states and may not be aligned with the curriculum or standards of the state in which the test is being taken.
This article is an excellent resource for parents who want to learn about the different milestone of language development, so that they can see if their child is developing at the proper rate. This article goes into detail about the different milestone and stages of language development and gives examples and goals of each stage that a child should achieve to pass that milestone. This article also gives parents example of activities they can do with their child to foster certain developments and gives the parents a list of books that are useful in helping a child's language development.
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