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A computer-assisted language intervention program called Fast ForWord(R) (Scientific Learning Corporation, 1998) has received a great deal of attention over the past few years. The Scientific Learning Corporation claims that the use of Fast ForWord will improve students' language, reading and learning skills, leading to improved communication skills and increased self-esteem in and out of the classroom. Researchers have explored the effects of Fast ForWord training on reading and spoken language. However, little research has examined the effects on student's reading level and FFW scores when a reinforcement system is used in conjunction with FFW. This study was conducted in an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of a reinforcement system on increasing daily scores of students participating in the Fast ForWord Language Computer Program. An ABABAB reversal design was used to examine the effects of a reinforcement systems with six participants participating in the Fast Forword Language Program. Across the skills examined with the six participants, the results did not clearly demonstrate an effect for the reinforcement system. Implications for future research are discussed.

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In this study, the author examined the effects of training four parents from low-socioeconomic environments to use Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) with their young children with language impairment. The investigator used a modified Teach-Model-Coach-Review method to teach parents to use the following EMT strategies during 8-10 individualized, home-based sessions: matched turns, expansions, time delays and milieu teaching prompts. A single-case multiple-baseline design across-behaviors replicated across four parent/child dyads was used to evaluate the parents' use of the EMT strategies. Child language outcomes were also assessed using pre- and post-intervention language samples. All parents learned and demonstrated use of each language support strategy to set criterion levels. Results from this study indicated a functional relation between the brief parent-implemented language intervention training and parents’ use of language support strategies. Additionally, all four children demonstrated gains in expressive language. Additional research is needed to assess fidelity and dosage of parents’ use of strategies on specific child language outcomes and to determine how to facilitate maintenance of parents’ use of strategies over time.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:43:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseCCFW.pdf: 1205337 bytes, checksum: 01d8f2513ae647371800d42cc3168270 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-10 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / Considering the communication deficit and the behavior desorder as a symptom present in autism, it would be logic to rationalize that these factors are all interconnected. The literature has been showing that families, that have a familiar with autism, have difficulties using the methods of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) with people with severe communication deficit. Therefore, the objective of this study was to apply and to analyze the effect of an AAC program in the context of a family that has a member with autism. The program named ProCAAF, was applied according to the real necessities of the families to establish an effective communication among their children according to the necessities presente in the family context. The study analyzed the effects of the the AAC application and recorded the communication behavior changes within family members and their children. There were 3 participants in this study: (Pfs), representing mothers and their respective children. (Pas), representing students diagnosed with autism with no verbal communication or functional speech. A multiple probe design accross the Pfs and Pas was employed to verify the the effects of the ProCAAF program and envolved two phases: baseline and intervention. The Pfs performance in the application of the AAC in the family context, was the independent variable of the study and the Pas performance in the utilization of CAA in the family context was the dependent variable. The quantitative data was analyzed through the level of support received from the Pfs during the application of the AAC offered by the researcher and by the performance of the Pfs soliciting their needs and desires utilizing the AAC. The results showed that the Pfs learned how to apply the AAC in the family context and achieved the communication priorities determined previously. Furthermore, significant changes in the communication behavior from the Pas occurred in relation to the request of the items non-present inside the houses and the expression of their feelings such as: pain and homesickness. The qualitative data was analyzed from the answers, which were obtained from a questionnaire applied pre and pos intervention period indicating significant change in relation to the communication ability of the Pas, such as: a reduction of the non desired behavior, clarity in communicative situations, increases in the communicative act. One of the Pas, was able to emit words with communicative function. The study concluded that the use of AAC in a family context corroborated to the benefits in the interpersonal relation with people with autism and it suggested new research and extension of the program in a different context. / Ao considerar o déficit de comunicação e o distúrbio de conduta como sintoma presente e marcante no quadro de autismo, seria lógico raciocinar que estes estão, na maioria das vezes, relacionados entre si. A literatura vem relatando dificuldades por parte das famílias de pessoas com autismo em utilizarem programas de Comunicação Alternativa e Ampliada (CAA) no contexto familiar, devido a difícil aplicação e uso de formas alternativas de comunicação com pessoas com déficit severo de comunicação. Sendo assim, o objetivo do presente estudo foi de aplicar e analisar os efeitos de um programa de CAA no contexto familiar de pessoas com autismo. O programa, denominado ProCAAF, foi aplicado mediante a real necessidade dos familiares em estabelecer comunicação eficaz com seus filhos, mediante as necessidades apresentadas no contexto familiar. O estudo analisou os efeitos da aplicação da CAA e registrou as modificações ocorridas no comportamento comunicativo dos familiares com seus filhos. Fizeram parte do estudo 6 participantes, sendo 3 participantes familiares (Pfs), representado pelas mães e seus respectivos filhos, denominados de participantes alunos (Pas), com diagnóstico de autismo, não-verbal e/ou fala não funcional. Para verificar os efeitos do ProCAAF, foi empregado um delineamento de múltiplas sondagens entre os Pfs e Pas, que envolveu duas fases: linha de base e intervenção. O desempenho dos Pas, em utilizar a CAA no contexto familiar, constituiu a variável dependente, mediante a atuação das Pfs, por meio da CAA. Os dados quantitativos foram analisados mediante os níveis de apoio recebido pelas Pfs, na aplicação da CAA, oferecidos pela pesquisadora e o desempenho dos Pas, em solicitarem seus desejos e necessidades às Pfs. Os resultados demonstraram que as Pfs aprenderam a utilizar a CAA no contexto familiar, conseguindo suprir algumas das prioridades comunicativas determinadas previamente. Assim como, ocorreram mudanças significativas no comportamento comunicativo dos Pas em relação à solicitação de itens não presentes nas casas e expressão de sentimentos, como: dor e saudade. Os dados qualitativos foram analisados mediante as respostas obtidas em questionário aplicado em período anterior e posterior a intervenção, demonstrando significativa mudança em relação à competência comunicativa dos Pas, como: diminuição de comportamentos indesejados, clareza nas situações comunicativas e aumento nos atos comunicativo. Um dos Pas passou a emitir vocábulos com função comunicativa. O estudo concluiu que o uso da CAA no contexto familiar corroborou os benefícios na relação interpessoal de pessoas com autismo e também sugeriu novas investigações e ampliação do programa em outros contextos. Palavras-Chaves: autismo infantil, comunicação alternativa e ampliada, programa familiar, intervenção em linguagem.

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Samtalsanalys har tidigare använts som ett komplement till traditionellt använda standardiserade tester för att undersöka mer funktionella aspekter av kommunikation (Wells & Local, 1992; Yont, Hewitt & Miccio, 2002; Samuelsson 2009). Syftet med föreliggande studie är att utifrån sytematiska analyser av vardagliga samtal och logopedisk intervention utforska relationen mellan kommunikativa behov i vardagen och mål med intervention för barn med språkstörning. Tre barn med språkstörning filmades i vardagliga samtal hemma och på förskolan samt vid ett behandlingsbesök hos logopeden. Materialet transkriberades och analyserades enligt samtalsanalytiska principer. Intervjuer och retrospektioner genomfördes med föräldrar, förskolepersonal samt behandlande logoped för att ytterligare belysa barnens kommunikativa situation. I föreliggande studie framkommer att de kommunikativa behov barnen har relaterar till de mål som sätts upp i logopedisk behandling. På grund av deras fonologiska svårigheter påverkas barnens kommunikation då det ofta uppstår problemkällor, deras yttranden ignoreras och deras talutrymme inskränks. Reparationsstrategier används av både vuxna och barn för att reda ut de situationer där missförstånd uppstår. Dessa strategier kan, med hjälp av retrospektioner, uppmärksammas och diskuteras i logopedisk intervention i syfte att undvika framtida situationer där barnens svårförståeliga yttranden inte reds ut. / Conversation analysis has been used as a complement to traditional standardized testing to evaluate the functional aspect of communication (Wells & Local, 1992; Yont, Hewitt & Miccio, 2002; Samuelsson 2009). The purpose of the present study is to explore the relationship between everyday communicative needs and objectives set in speech and language intervention through systematic analysis of everyday conversations and speech and language intervention. Three children with language impairment were video recorded during everyday interaction at home, at the preschool and during one speech and language therapy session. The material was transcribed and analyzed according to principles of conversation analysis. Interviews and retrospections were conducted with parents, preschool teachers and the treating speech and language pathologists in order to further illustrate the participating children’s communicational situation. The results in the present study show that the communicational needs does relate to the objectives set up in speech and language intervention for the children in the current study. The children’s communication is primarily afflicted by their phonological difficulties in the way that it fuels for sources of communicational breakdowns, the children’s utterances become ignored and it restrains their participation in conversation. Repair strategies are used by both adults and children to solve sequences where mutual understanding is not achieved. These strategies may, through retrospections, be identified and discussed in speech and language intervention in order to avoid future situations where unintelligible utterances are not solved.

I skolan ställs höga krav på språklig förmåga hos barn och för barn med språkstörning kan det innebära svårigheter att klara skolans kunskapskrav. En språkstörning kan också leda till svårigheter med sociala relationer och socioemotionell problematik till följd av den nedsatta språkliga förmågan. För att barn med språkstörning ska klara skolgången är de ofta i behov av logopediska insatser, men trots detta avslutar majoriteten av regionerna i landet logopedisk vårdkontakt vid skolstart. Möjligheten att få logopediska insatser skiljer sig beroende på var i Sverige barnet bor. Tidigare studier visar att ansvarsfördelningen mellan skolan och hälso- och sjukvården skiljer sig över landet, vilket riskerar att leda till ojämlikheter i vilka språkliga insatser barn med språkstörning i skolåldern erbjuds. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur logopeder inom hälso-och sjukvården upplever arbetet med barn med språkstörning i skolåldern för att bidra till en mer likvärdig utbildning och vård. Studien bygger på semistrukturerade intervjuer med elva logopeder, anställda inom fem olika regioner. Intervjuerna transkriberades och analyserades med innehållsanalys. Resultatet i studien visade att flera logopeder upplever en otydlig ansvarsfördelning mellan skola och hälso- och sjukvård gällande uppdraget att tillgodose barnets behov av språkliga insatser. Logopederna upplever att arbetet med barn med språkstörning i skolåldern begränsas av resursbrister och personbundna egenskaper (exempelvis kunskap, intresse och erfarenheter) både i skolan och hälso- och sjukvården. I intervjuerna belyser logopederna vikten av att se barn med språkstörning från flera perspektiv och att ge fortsatta logopediska insatser också under skolåren för att minska risken för konsekvenser till följd av en språkstörning. Tydliga och evidensbaserade riktlinjer för arbetet med barn med språkstörning lyfts som fördelaktigt. Slutligen konstaterades att en god samverkan mellan skolan, hälso- och sjukvården och vårdnadshavarna upplevs vara betydelsefullt för att barn med språkstörning i skolåldern ska få en mer likvärdig utbildning och en mer jämlik vård. / School education puts great demands on a student's language ability, and for students with development language disorder (DLD) it might mean difficulties in achieving educational goals. Language difficulties might lead to socio-emotional problems and struggles with social relationships. Students with DLD are often in need of speech and language pathologists (SLP) efforts to achieve educational goals. However, in the majority of the regions in Sweden no further SLP contact is offered to children with DLD from when they start their schooleducation. The possibility of receiving speech and language interventions differs depending on where in Sweden the student resides. Previous studies show that the division of responsibilities between school and healthcare is unclear in Sweden which might lead to unequal care for children with DLD. This study aims to investigate SLPs working in healthcare and their experience of supporting school-aged children diagnosed with DLD. The study is based on semi-structured interviews conducted with eleven SLPs, employed in five different healthcare regions in Sweden. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed with content analysis. The results showed that several SLPs in the healthcare systems experience an unclear division of responsibilities between school and healthcare regions regardingfulfilling the needs of the children with DLD. The SLPs experience challenges working with school-aged children with DLD, since the school and healthcare lack resources and due to different personal characteristics (for example knowledge, interests and experiences). The SLPs highlights the importance of a holistic perspective and to proceed with speech and language interventions to reduce the risk of consequences of the DLD diagnosis. Evidence-based guidelines are highlighted as a factor of success when working with children diagnosed with DLD. Finally, the study strengthens the understanding that well-functioning collaboration between school staff, health service and care givers is important for students diagnosed with DLD to obtain more equal education, care and support. / Likvärdig utbildning för barn med språkstörning - En studie av måluppfyllelse, erfarenheter och deltagande