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A Systematic Review Of Academic Discourse Interventions For School-Aged Children With Language-Related Learning Disabilities, Amy K. Peterson, Carly B. Fox, Megan Israelsen
A Systematic Review Of Academic Discourse Interventions For School-Aged Children With Language-Related Learning Disabilities, Amy K. Peterson, Carly B. Fox, Megan Israelsen
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Student Research
Purpose: This systematic review synthesized a set of peer-reviewed studies published between 1985 and 2019 and addressed the effectiveness of existing narrative and expository discourse interventions for late elementary and middle school-aged students with language-related learning disabilities.
Method: A methodical search of the literature for interventions targeting expository or narrative discourse structure for students ages 9-14 with group experimental designs identified 33 studies, seven of which met specific criteria to be included in this review.
Results: An 8-point critical appraisal scale was applied to analyze the quality of the study design and effect sizes were calculated for six of the …
Hearing Care And Management Priority Among Parents Of Children With Down Syndrome: A Grounded Theory, John J. Whicker, Karen F. Muñoz, Nicole J. Pearson, Trenton J. Landon, Lauri H. Nelson, Karl R. White, Michael P. Twohig
Hearing Care And Management Priority Among Parents Of Children With Down Syndrome: A Grounded Theory, John J. Whicker, Karen F. Muñoz, Nicole J. Pearson, Trenton J. Landon, Lauri H. Nelson, Karl R. White, Michael P. Twohig
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Faculty Publications
Objective: This study qualitatively explored the factors that influence how parents of children who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing with Down syndrome prioritize hearing care and management and developed an associated theory to explain that priority.
Design: Grounded theory was used for the purposes of this qualitative study. Data were collected using in-depth interviews which were analyzed using a three-tiered qualitative coding process.
Study Sample: Eighteen mothers of children who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing with Down syndrome participated in this study.
Results: The higher the extent of engaged professional support, perception of benefit for child, parent activation, and family engagement, the …