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Promoting A Walk/Run Event To Expand Services For Individuals With Disabilities, Mckenzie Rodgers
Promoting A Walk/Run Event To Expand Services For Individuals With Disabilities, Mckenzie Rodgers
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex (CEC) at WKU provides services to many individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays and disabilities. As a nonprofit organization, the clinic relies heavily on donations and fundraisers as sources of income. One of the CEC’s primary fundraisers is the annual LifeSkills Run/Walk for Autism. This event is held each April during autism awareness month, at the Bowling Green Ballpark, providing an opportunity for the community to support the clinic in an enjoyable way.
For an honors capstone experience, the author promoted the 15th annual LifeSkills Run/Walk for Autism …
Eye Gaze Technology For Nonverbal Students With Cortical Visual Impairment, Hannah Sykes
Eye Gaze Technology For Nonverbal Students With Cortical Visual Impairment, Hannah Sykes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe problem that this study addressed was eye gaze technology for nonverbal students with cortical visual impairment (CVI). There are no studies examining educators’ viewpoints on the usefulness of eye gaze technology for communication and language development of nonverbal students with CVI. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore what educators think about the usefulness of eye gaze technology on communication and language development for nonverbal students with CVI. The conceptual framework applied to this basic qualitative study was based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and John Dewey’s pragmatism theory. The …
Research To Practice- Implementing Sign-Infused Intervention As A Novice Clinician, Loren Stoller
Research To Practice- Implementing Sign-Infused Intervention As A Novice Clinician, Loren Stoller
LSU Master's Theses
Speech-Language Pathologists often infuse manual signs into oral language interventions for children with various communication disorders. The current study was designed to learn more about sign-infused language intervention by examining one novice clinician’s use of signs during oral language intervention with a child diagnosed as a late talker. The researcher was the clinician, and while a novice interventionist, she was proficient in American Sign Language (ASL) and had five years of experience using ASL with others. The child was 26 months of age at the start of the study, and data collection included three pre-intervention sessions, 12 intervention sessions, and …
Effect Of Consistent Singing On Maintenance Of Speech Intelligibility Following Lsvt®: A Retrospective Longitudinal Case Study, Rachel Ricca Beck
Effect Of Consistent Singing On Maintenance Of Speech Intelligibility Following Lsvt®: A Retrospective Longitudinal Case Study, Rachel Ricca Beck
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Parkinson’s Disease is a common neurodegenerative disease affecting one’s ability to hone and refine volitional movement. Many with Parkinson’s report significant effects on voice and communication. Speech-language pathologists have long targeted the achievement of increased vocal volume through intensive voice therapy, with the most common program being Lee Silverman Voice Treatment® (LSVT®) (Ramig et al., 1994). While LSVT® is the most prominent type of voice therapy for individuals with Parkinson’s, other researchers have begun investigating therapeutic singing because of the similar functions it employs (e.g., increased breath support, utilization of entire vocal range).
The current project is a retrospective, longitudinal …
The Use Of Play In Speech And Occupational Therapy, Jodi Ehrenkranz, Caroline Laferla
The Use Of Play In Speech And Occupational Therapy, Jodi Ehrenkranz, Caroline Laferla
Psychology and Child Development
Sensory Processing Disorder and speech impairment affect millions of children in the United States. Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) affects a child’s development leading to difficulties with “detecting, modulating, interpreting, and/or organizing sensory stimuli” (Miller, Nielsen & Schoen, 2012, p.804). Furthermore, these children may find it difficult to self-regulate their behavior. Speech impairment is typically described as speech sound disorders (SSD), which involves a child having difficulties with communicating or correctly producing their native language (Brumbaugh, Smit, Nippold & Marinellie, 2013). Brumbaugh et al. (2013) also found that these children were likely to develop a poor self-image which provides even more …
Impact Of Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders And Traumatic Brain Injury On Speech-Language Treatment: Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perspectives, Janis Whitney Neal
Impact Of Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders And Traumatic Brain Injury On Speech-Language Treatment: Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perspectives, Janis Whitney Neal
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Previous studies have associated traumatic brain injury (TBI) with higher rates of psychiatric disorders. This study investigated speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) perspectives on the prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders in the TBI population and its impact on speech-language treatment. Interviews were conducted with twelve SLPs working with a TBI population. Results revealed a lack of standard measures to assist SLPs in distinguishing between the symptoms of psychiatric disorders versus the neuropsychiatric symptoms of TBI. Also, results indicated the heavy reliance on a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive and individualized treatment for the TBI clientele, and the negative consequences of untreated psychiatric …
Contrasting Effects Of Errorless Naming Treatment And Gestural Facilitation For Word Retrieval In Aphasia, Anastasia M. Raymer, Beth Mchose, Kimberly G. Smith, Lisa Iman, Alexis Ambrose, Colleen Casselton
Contrasting Effects Of Errorless Naming Treatment And Gestural Facilitation For Word Retrieval In Aphasia, Anastasia M. Raymer, Beth Mchose, Kimberly G. Smith, Lisa Iman, Alexis Ambrose, Colleen Casselton
Communication Disorders & Special Education Faculty Publications
Purpose- We compared the effects of two treatments for aphasic word retrieval impairments, errorless naming treatment (ENT) and gestural facilitation of naming (GES), within the same individuals, anticipating that the use of gesture would enhance the effect of treatment over errorless treatment alone. In addition to picture naming, we evaluated results for other outcome measures that were largely untested in earlier ENT studies.
Methods- In a single participant crossover treatment design, we examined the effects of ENT and GES in eight individuals with stroke-induced aphasia and word retrieval impairments (three semantic anomia, five phonological anomia) in counterbalanced phases across participants. …
Reduction Of Stuttering In Adult Males Using Relaxed Breathing And Emg Biofeedback : A Masters Thesis ..., Victor F. Corsiglia
Reduction Of Stuttering In Adult Males Using Relaxed Breathing And Emg Biofeedback : A Masters Thesis ..., Victor F. Corsiglia
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The present study trained three adult male stutterers to increase speech fluency using relaxed breathing and a-x; biofeedback. A one group time-series design with 2 treatments was used. After an initial baseline phase (A) all 3 subjects received a relaxed breathing procedure (B), followed by a combined procedure featuring relaxed breathing and EMG biofeedback (BC). Results indicated that after 8 sessions stuttering was reduced by 19.1% from baseline levels across the 3 subjects. Despite these promising results , however, methodological questions in the baseline phase make conclusions regarding a clear relationship between the variables tentative.
The Effects Of Overt And Covert Observation On The Clinical Behavior Emitted By Untrained Clinicians, Carol L.K. Middleton
The Effects Of Overt And Covert Observation On The Clinical Behavior Emitted By Untrained Clinicians, Carol L.K. Middleton
Dissertations and Theses
This study examined the effects overt and covert observation of live clinical sessions have on the number of social/ neutral verbal behaviors emitted by untrained speech clinicians and their respective clients enrolled Summer Term, 1980, in the Articulation and Language Clinic at Portland State University, Speech and Hearing Sciences. The Boone-Prescott Interactional analysis System (Boone and Prescott, 1972), a numerically coded system, was used to record clinician-client interactions. Data were obtained for a randomly selected five minute period from each of forty clinical sessions.
Comparisons Of Videotape Observation To Direct Observation, John W. Hanlan
Comparisons Of Videotape Observation To Direct Observation, John W. Hanlan
Dissertations and Theses
This research examined the validity of videotaped analyses of clinical sessions in comparison to direct (live) observations. The subjects were eleven student clinicians and their respective clients, enrolled Fall Term, 1979, in Portland State University's Speech and Hearing Sciences Articulation and Language and Urban Language Clinics. The Boone-Prescott Interactional Analysis System, a numerically coded system, was used to record clinician/client interactions. Data were obtained for a randomly selected five-minute period from each of thirty clinical sessions.
Operant Techniques For Teaching Speech Behavior To Severely Language Handicapped Children: A Review, James Archbold
Operant Techniques For Teaching Speech Behavior To Severely Language Handicapped Children: A Review, James Archbold
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
This paper is a detailed review of published research related to the use of operant procedures and techniques in the development of speech behaviors in severely language handicapped children. Review of this literature suggests that there currently exists an operant technology for the development of speech behaviors in a great many severely language handicapped children. Based on the procedures reviewed, a general program for the development of speech behaviors is suggested, which includes behavioral referents by means of which a therapist may both determine the potential utility of the recommended techniques and decide upon an appropriate starting point for training.
The Reliability Of The Scanning Technique As A Method Of Response For Non-Vocal, Physically Handicapped Individuals, Kathryn Goshorn
The Reliability Of The Scanning Technique As A Method Of Response For Non-Vocal, Physically Handicapped Individuals, Kathryn Goshorn
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
A Written Programmed Approach To Train Student Observers In Speech Pathology, Elaine Carol Miller
A Written Programmed Approach To Train Student Observers In Speech Pathology, Elaine Carol Miller
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Programmed Activity For The Training Of Observers, Mary Elizabeth Plauche
Programmed Activity For The Training Of Observers, Mary Elizabeth Plauche
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
A Survey Of Speech Therapy Programs Of Selected School Districts Within A One Hundred Mile Radius Of Lodi, California, Edward O. Tempel
A Survey Of Speech Therapy Programs Of Selected School Districts Within A One Hundred Mile Radius Of Lodi, California, Edward O. Tempel
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Recognition of the need for special education for school children with speech handicaps was first made in Potsdam, Germany, in 1896. Twelve years later in 1908 the first public school class in speech correction in the United States was organized in New York City, Programs of speech and hearing re-education in the public schools of the United States have expanded from this single metropolitan system in 1908 to a nation-wide effort in little more than fifty years.
In the United States today more than two million school children require remedial services from competently trained speech clinicians. In California public schools …
An Evaluation Of A Lecture Series Conducted To Help Parents Alleviate And Prevent Speech Problems Through A Mental Hygiene Approach To Normal Speech Development, Fred James Vallier Jr.
An Evaluation Of A Lecture Series Conducted To Help Parents Alleviate And Prevent Speech Problems Through A Mental Hygiene Approach To Normal Speech Development, Fred James Vallier Jr.
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The thesis is an account of a lecture series to help parents alleviate and prevent speech problems through a mental hygiene approach to normal speech development.
An Experimental Study Of Controlled And Uncontrolled Types Of Breathing., Wesley A. Wiksell
An Experimental Study Of Controlled And Uncontrolled Types Of Breathing., Wesley A. Wiksell
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.