Each year, the number of students with special educational needs who choose studying in regular education classes, is growing. The integration of these students can be meaningful and successful only if comprehensive school guarantees appropriate educational conditions to every of them, meets their individual needs and provides steady and qualified assistance. Not only is the classroom teacher involved in assisting the special educational needs of the students but also other in-school service providers – special education teacher, speech therapist, psychologist, social worker. Following the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training of Lithuania speech pathologist assists persons with speech and language disorders. The students with other developmental disabilities can get speech pathologist’s help, too. The speech training of students with special educational needs is often aggravated with other cognitive, emotional and behavior, mild developmental disabilities and psychosocial factors – these are primary and secondary disorders. This study intends to analyze the functions of special pedagogical assistance given by speech pathologist in comprehensive school, the range and character of cooperation between speech pathologist and classroom teacher in teaching students with special educational needs. The study aims for exhibiting that speech pathologists by working with students with special educational needs not only eliminate speech and language disorders but also... [to full text]

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Primary objective. The goals of this project were to review the current literature regarding the role of the speech-language pathologist (SLP) in concussion management and to conduct a survey of SLPs with experience in concussion care to determine their current practices and perspectives. Design and methods. An online survey consisting of 41 questions was emailed to SLPs throughout the U.S. and Canada. Responses were anonymously collected from 60 SLPs, and the responses were analyzed. Results and conclusions. Results showed that SLPs who work in concussion care are generally knowledgeable and confident despite how recently concussion has become part of SLP practice. There has been improvement in the types of assessment tools used in concussion cases, but there is a need for more sensitive instruments. Findings point to the need for increased availability of concussion training for SLPs and the need for continued research into current clinical practices.

Studies that expressly define the roles of related service providers in inclusive schools are limited. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of related service providers, specifically occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech and language pathologists, who practice in an inclusive education setting. An objective was to examine their attitudes and beliefs toward inclusion. This study used role theory as the theoretical framework. Tenets of role theory were used to explain how related service providers have come to understand their roles and responsibilities in the inclusion setting. Purposeful and snowball sampling yielded 10 participants who participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using a multistep, phenomenological analysis method. The participants' descriptions of their involvement in inclusion revealed 7 themes: Expert/consultant, evaluator, direct service provider, mainstreaming, methods of collaboration, member of a multidisciplinary team, and documentation. Findings suggest a strong correlation between the perceived roles of the participants and the generic roles reported in the literature. Three themes emerged from their descriptions of their attitudes toward inclusion: general definition of inclusion, social/behavioral effects on inclusion, and barriers to inclusive education. The participants' views on the behavioral and social impact of inclusive education were mixed. Findings inform stakeholders about the day to day experiences of related service providers in an inclusion setting. This study represents a steppingstone toward increasing awareness of school-based professionals' contributions to the educational experience of special education students.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) as perceived by Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) and whether it differed from those of other Neonatal Intensive Care Unit populations. Methods: A secure web-based questionnaire with 62 questions collected information on NAS, caseloads, treatment environment, and demographics. Twenty-six respondents initiated the survey; 42% completed most or all questions. Response analyses included descriptive and nonparametric inferential statistics. Results: Infants with NAS were on the caseloads of 73% of respondents. The majority (79%) only saw infants with NAS and feeding problems. Primary problems included incomplete or increased time to complete feeds, increased/excessive/irregular sucking rates, and reflux. Working on teams, respondents provided assessment, treatment, and education of infant feeding and state. Conclusion: Growing demand for SLP intervention with infants with NAS is likely to persist if opioid use continues to increase as projected.

Orientador: Agnaldo Lopes da Silva Filho / Resumo: O câncer do colo uterino mantém altas taxas de incidência e mortalidade no Brasil, apesar do Programa Viva Mulher ter ampliado muito o acesso ao teste de Papanicolaou. O rastreamento desta neoplasia através do exame citológico foi responsável por redução significativa da sua ocorrência em países desenvolvidos, que monitoram a qualidade deste método em todos os passos que envolvem sua realização. Entretanto, essa realidade não é observada regularmente nos países em desenvolvimento. Partindo desta constatação, esse trabalho tem como foco as análises da visão do patologista brasileiro sobre o exame citológico e de critérios médicos necessários para melhorar a qualidade do rastreamento. Para tanto, foi realizado estudo descritivo observacional constituído por uma análise qualitativa reunindo entrevistas com patologistas, e pela aplicação de um questionário aos patologistas brasileiros, com perguntas sobre a estrutura de serviços que realizam exames citológicos no país. Os resultados evidenciaram claramente a preocupação deste profissional com seu afastamento do programa de rastreamento e com a necessidade de um controle de qualidade mais criterioso. Também foi observada uma crítica relação entre as falhas do rastreamento citológico, a atuação do patologista e a estrutura dos serviços responsáveis por este exame. Assim, o estudo identificou a imperativa necessidade de educação continuada dos profissionais responsáveis pelo exame citológico do colo uterino, além da implementação de... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The uterine cervix's cancer maintains high rates of incidence and mortality in Brazil, despite of the fact that the Programa Viva Mulher have expanded the access to the Papanicolaou’s test. The screening of this neoplasm by the cytological test was responsible for a significant reduction of events in developed countries, which have well stablished quality control systems. However, this reality cannot be seen in developing countries. Therefore, this study focuses on the analysis of the Brazilian pathologist's view of the cytological test and the medical criteria needed to improve the quality of screening. For this reason, a descriptive observational study was conducted, including a qualitative analysis with interviews with pathologists and the application of a questionnaire, about the structure of services that perform cytological examinations in the country. The results clearly showed the concern of this professional with your gradative removal from the screening program, and the need for a more careful quality control. A critical relationship was also observed between the failures of cytological screening, the performance of the pathologist and the structure of the services responsible for this exam. In this way, the study identified the imperative need for continued education of the professionals responsible for cervical cytological examination, in addition to the implementation of a comprehensive and judicious external quality control. / Doutor

The purpose of this study was to discover the current awareness of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) regarding the link between language disorder and the juvenile justice system. It is to consider how speech-language pathology, as a profession, think about the implications of language disorder on life outcomes as well as determine the need for speech-language intervention within the juvenile justice system. A Google Form was created and distributed to current speech-language pathologists that have their Certificate of Clinical competence, and have experience working with students in the educational setting. Results suggest SLPs are aware of the link between LD and the juvenile justice system as well as the aspects of language found difficult for these young offenders, but training and professional development on this topic is minimal. Participants report an interest in interprofessional practice and are positioned to become advocates for young offenders with LD in the juvenile justice system.

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