What is it about?
Vocabulary is an important goal for speech-language pathologists to target. This paper reports the results of a national survey of speech-language pathologists. The survey included questions about service delivery, goal strategies, treatment techniques, materials and activities.
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Why is it important?
The survey shows what clinicians view as helpful and successful techniques, and also highlights ways that vocabulary intervention may be improved.
Perspectives
I intended for this article to highlight to the expertise of clinicians, which is sometimes at odds with external scientific evidence. I believe that the survey points to areas that require more research and/or discussion.
Sara Steele
Saint Louis University
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This page is a summary of: Vocabulary Intervention: A National Survey of School-Based Speech–Language Pathologists, Communication Disorders Quarterly, January 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1525740119827008.
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