Purpose This tutorial discusses the importance of language sample analysis and how
Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software can be used to simplify the …

Purpose As noted in this forum, more research is needed to support the work of school-
based speech-language pathologists who are designing and implementing interventions for …

Purpose Speech-language pathologists have both a professional and ethical responsibility
to provide culturally competent services to dual language learners (DLLs). In this tutorial, we …

Purpose: The study examined the effect of bilingual input on the grammatical development
of bilingual children in comparison to monolingual peers. Method: Spontaneous language …

COST Action IS0804 brought together researchers and clinicians from various countries in
Europe and several neighbouring countries (24 in total) with the common purpose of …

Purpose Although language sample analysis is widely recommended for assessing
children's expressive language, few school-based speech-language pathologists routinely …

Personal narratives make up more than half of children's conversations. The ability to share
personal narratives helps build and maintain friendships, promotes physical and emotional …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to document whether mean length of utterance
(MLUS), total number of words (TNW), clauses per sentence (CPS), and/or words per …

Narration has been shown to be a foundational skill for literacy development in school-age
children. Elementary teachers routinely conduct classroom lessons that focus on reading …

Purpose Few tools are available to examine the narrative speaking ability of adolescents.
Hence, the authors designed a new narrative task and sought to determine whether it would …