/speech-language-impairment Speech & Language Impairment en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:30:27 GMT /teaching-learning/how-to-support-students-who-stutter-in-class/2020/08 Between 5 percent and 10 percent of all children will stutter, as presidential contender Joe Biden once did, at some period in their life, federal data indicates. Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:30:27 GMT /teaching-learning/how-to-support-students-who-stutter-in-class/2020/08 /teaching-learning/as-schools-close-to-coronavirus-special-educators-turn-to-tele-therapy/2020/03 How can you keep occupational or speech therapy going online? 69传媒 struggle to figure that out. Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:18:25 GMT /teaching-learning/as-schools-close-to-coronavirus-special-educators-turn-to-tele-therapy/2020/03 /teaching-learning/minority-students-missing-out-on-speech-and-language-services-study-finds/2017/08 Black and Hispanic children are not receiving speech and language therapy at the same rate as similar white peers, which could set them up for academic problems later on, says new research. Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:29:00 GMT /teaching-learning/minority-students-missing-out-on-speech-and-language-services-study-finds/2017/08 /leadership/autism-treatment-should-include-all-needed-therapies-says-ed-dept/2015/07 School districts must evaluate children with autism to see if they need speech and language, occupational, or other therapies, in addition to behavior-focused treatments. Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:10:00 GMT /leadership/autism-treatment-should-include-all-needed-therapies-says-ed-dept/2015/07 /leadership/online-crowdsourcing-a-potential-tool-for-speech-therapy-research/2015/02 Untrained listeners recruited through a crowdsourcing platform rated speech sounds as accurately as trained listeners, a study found. Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:08:00 GMT /leadership/online-crowdsourcing-a-potential-tool-for-speech-therapy-research/2015/02 /teaching-learning/ed-dept-offers-guidance-on-supporting-communications-needs-of-students/2014/11 69传媒 with hearing, vision or speech impairments are eligible for additional protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act, says recent guidance. Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:30:00 GMT /teaching-learning/ed-dept-offers-guidance-on-supporting-communications-needs-of-students/2014/11 /technology/opinion-blended-speech-therapy-q-a-with-clay-whitehead/2012/09 PresenceLearning delivers more than 10,000 online speech therapy sessions a month to schools in 25 states. The company, formed by two recent Stanford MBAs, is a good example of two translational innovations--synchronous online instruction and distributed workforce--now deployed in education to meet widespread special education challenges. Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:00:00 GMT /technology/opinion-blended-speech-therapy-q-a-with-clay-whitehead/2012/09 /leadership/talk-therapy-an-option-for-those-using-assistive-technology-to-speak/2012/08 Psychologist Amy Szarkowski figured out provide therapy to work with clients who use communication devices to replace their own voices. Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:57:01 GMT /leadership/talk-therapy-an-option-for-those-using-assistive-technology-to-speak/2012/08 /teaching-learning/text-to-speech-app-now-features-childrens-voices/2012/07 For the first time, children who cannot speak or who have speech impairments and use the text-to-speech app Proloquo2Go will sound a little more like themselves, thanks to months of work recording real children speaking. Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:40:42 GMT /teaching-learning/text-to-speech-app-now-features-childrens-voices/2012/07 /teaching-learning/n-y-c-special-needs-students-lack-services-access-to-elite-high-schools/2012/02 The city failed to provide special education services to about 1 in 4 students entitled to them during the 2009-10 school year, and the city's most elite high schools need to admit more students with disabilities. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:36:52 GMT /teaching-learning/n-y-c-special-needs-students-lack-services-access-to-elite-high-schools/2012/02 /technology/speech-therapists-get-inside-view-with-new-device/2011/10 With the Palatometer, speech teachers get a "mouths-eye" view of where students' speech patterns go wrong. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:56:38 GMT /technology/speech-therapists-get-inside-view-with-new-device/2011/10 /teaching-learning/one-on-one-speech-therapy-goes-digital/2011/10 When therapists are scarce, some schools are turning to online speech lessons. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:51:52 GMT /teaching-learning/one-on-one-speech-therapy-goes-digital/2011/10 /education/opinion-cause-for-optimism-in-stuttering-research/2011/03 To the Editor:We applaud Education Week鈥檚 article 鈥淪cholars Say Causes of Stuttering Are Multiple and Interconnected鈥� (March 2, 2011). However, none of the experts quoted mentioned the exciting research on plasticity of the brain and how this relates to the prevention of stuttering in very young children. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:29:09 GMT /education/opinion-cause-for-optimism-in-stuttering-research/2011/03 /leadership/scholars-say-causes-of-stuttering-are-multiple-and-interconnected/2011/03 While an award-winning film is drawing attention to stuttering, experts say research is just beginning to shed light on the disorder's complicated causes. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:14:15 GMT /leadership/scholars-say-causes-of-stuttering-are-multiple-and-interconnected/2011/03 /leadership/studies-show-stuttering-has-complex-interrelated-roots/2011/02 While an award-winning film is drawing attention to stuttering, experts say research is just beginning to shed light on the disorder's complicated causes. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:08:09 GMT /leadership/studies-show-stuttering-has-complex-interrelated-roots/2011/02 /teaching-learning/and-the-oscar-goes-to/2011/02 New findings discussed at a research symposium on stuttering in Washington in February suggest educators are just beginning to understand the interconnected causes of the condition. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:35:40 GMT /teaching-learning/and-the-oscar-goes-to/2011/02 /education/federal-audit-faults-n-y-c-schools-on-medicaid-payments-for-therapy/2005/07 New York City should give back $436 million it received in Medicaid payments for speech therapy for poor students because record-keeping was so chaotic there is no proof the students received any help, a federal audit says. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:19:48 GMT /education/federal-audit-faults-n-y-c-schools-on-medicaid-payments-for-therapy/2005/07 /technology/teaching-tiny-sounds-via-computer-games/1997/11 Could a computer game help dyslexic children learn to overcome their disability? That is the hope of two researchers who are using the technique with children who are "language impaired" or have difficulty learning speech. Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:00:00 GMT /technology/teaching-tiny-sounds-via-computer-games/1997/11