Culture of collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Jennifer Whited ◽  
Jack S. Damico
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Therapeutic Strategies ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Motivation To Read ◽  
Learning Impairments ◽  
Motivated Behavior ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report the results from a research project which focused on understanding how motivation to read is manifested and maintained in children with learning impairments. The participants were enrolled in a specialized university literacy program with graduate student clinicians. Method: An interpretative, qualitative study utilizing components of ethnography and microanalysis was employed to analyze video transcripts of recorded therapy sessions of speech-language pathology student clinicians and children with language disorders. These interactions were coded for the nature of their role in motivating children to read. Results and conclusions: This study revealed that a culture of collaboration was a hallmark of treatment that facilitated motivation in the participants. Two key characteristics of motivated behavior that emerged as a result of this culture of collaboration are identified and described. Additionally, three specific, collaborative, therapeutic strategies found to sustain motivation to read are described.

Bilingual and Monolingual Students' Perceptions of the CSD Major: A Qualitative Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Keshishian ◽  
Rebecca Wiseheart
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
School Setting ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bilingual Students ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Diverse Environment ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Areas Of Interest

There is a growing demand for bilingual services in speech-language pathology and audiology. To meet this growing demand, and given their critical role in the recruitment of more bilingual professionals, higher education institutions need to know more about bilingual students' impression of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) as a major. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate bilingual and monolingual undergraduate students' perceptions of the CSD major. One hundred and twenty-two students from a large university located in a highly multicultural metropolitan area responded to four open-ended questions aimed at discovering students' major areas of interest (and disinterest) as well as their motivations for pursuing a degree in CSD. Consistent with similar reports conducted outside the United States, students from this culturally diverse environment indicated choosing the major for altruistic reasons. A large percentage of participants were motivated by a desire to work with children, but not in a school setting. Although 42% of the participants were bilingual, few indicated an interest in taking an additional course in bilingual studies. Implications of these findings as well as practical suggestions for the recruitment of bilingual students are discussed.

scholarly journals The Time Has Come for Speech-Language Pathology License Portability!

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Melissa Jakubowitz
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Past President ◽  
The Public ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Managerial Experience

This Letter to the Editor on the topic of speech-language pathology license portability for telepractice, was authored by Melissa Jakubowitz M.A. CCC-SLP, Vice President of SLP Services at PresenceLearning. A speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of clinical and managerial experience, Ms. Jakubowitz is a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language. Ms. Jakubowitz began her career working in the public schools and has also operated a successful, multi-office private practice.  She is a past Director of the Scottish Rite Institute for Childhood Language Disorders in Stockton, CA. Jakubowitz is also a past-president of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, which, with over 5,000 SLP members, is one of the largest speech-language pathologist state associations in the country. Active in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Ms. Jakubowitz served as a Legislative Counselor for 12 years.

Different Clinical Perspectives of Good and Poor Therapy Sessions

1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Erwick Roberts ◽  
Vicki McCready
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
Therapy Session ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Observer Bias ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Therapy Sessions

This study investigated differences in causal attributions made by student clinicians taking actor and observer roles in good and poor therapy Sessions. One hundred thirty-four graduate student clinicians in speech-language pathology were asked to imagine a hypothetical good or poor therapy session in which they took either the role of a clinician working with a client in a session or that of a clinician observing the session. To account for the session's hypothesized outcomes, clinicians taking the actor role cited client causes more frequently than other causes while clinicians taking the observer role cited clinician causes. These results are consistent with the actor-observer bias documented extensively in the psychological and educational literatures. Clinicians' causal attributions also differed for good and poor therapy sessions. Implications are discussed in terms of possible impact on the clinical training process in speech-language pathology.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitudes of Jordanian Dentists toward Speech Language Pathology

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1298
Author(s):  
Hana Nawaf Mahmoud ◽  
Abdelhameed N. Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Health Profession ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge ◽  
Normal Speech

This study was conducted to assess dentists’ knowledge of normal speech-language development (NSLD), speech-language disorders (SLD), and speech-language pathology (SLPy) and to determine their general attitudes toward speech-language pathology (SLPy). A self-administered, web-based questionnaire was emailed to all members of the Jordanian Dental Association Council. 191 completed questionnaire were entered in excel sheet and statistically analyzed with IBM SPSS version 20 software. The respondents demonstrated insufficient knowledge regarding normal speech-language development and speech-language disorders. Additionally, the major¬ity of respondents reported a general impression that the speech-language pathologist has an important role in a health profession team (86.8%). However, they did poorly on the normal speech-language development questions (26%) as well as the speech-language disorders questions (18%). There were no statistically significant differences between different variables - age, gender, years of practice, place of practice and specialty of dentists and dentists’ knowledge of speech-language pathology.

scholarly journals Comorbidity of stuttering disordered phonology in young children

1990 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Wolk ◽  
Edward G. Conture ◽  
Mary L. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Phonological Disorders ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Prognostic Implications ◽  
Speech And Language Disorders

Young stutterers frequently exhibit concomitant speech and/or language disorders. The co-occurrence of these disorders is, however, not yet well understood. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of "comorbidity" as it relates to the field of speech-language pathology specifically, to discuss comorbidity (coexistence) of stuttering and disordered phonology in young children. Literature on concomitant speech and language disorders in young stutterers is reviewed, with special reference to the prevalence of articulatory/phonological disorders in young stutterers. Future research on the coexistence of two speech and language disorders is encouraged, as well as the consideration of diagnostic treatment and prognostic implications for children who, exhibit both stuttering and disordered phonology as opposed to children who exhibit each disorder in isolation.

An Attributional Model of Supervisors' Decision-Making Behavior in Speech-Language Pathology

1983 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Erwick Roberts ◽  
Rita C. Naremore
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Instructional Behaviors ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Attributional Model ◽  
Decision Making Behavior ◽  
Therapy Sessions ◽  
Information Requests ◽  
Supervisory Practice

An attributional model of speech-language pathology supervisors' decision-making behavior based on Weiner's achievement motivation attributional model was applied. Forty-six supervisors were asked to imagine hypothetical good or poor therapy sessions and to cite causes for the session's outcome, request information to understand the outcome better, and suggest actions they would take in response to the particular outcome. Results indicated that clinician attributions were cited most frequently and few client, supervisor, or other attributions were made. Clinician factors were generally described in terms of planning behaviors, instructional behaviors, and strategies. Session outcomes were attributed primarily to factors controllable by the participants and were expected to vary over time. Supervisors most frequently requested information about the clinician, client, and structure of therapy. They suggested actions that focused primarily on the clinician, occurred after the session, and were directed by the supervisor. Supervisors' causal attributions, information requests, and action responses differed for good and poor sessions. Implications for supervisory practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Organization of the referral and counter-referral system in a speech-language pathology and audiology clinic-school

CoDAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Regina Molini-Avejonas ◽  
Stephanie Falarara Estevam ◽  
Maria Inês Vieira Couto
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Referral System ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Male Subjects

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effectiveness of the referral and counter-referral flow in a speech-language pathology and audiology clinic-school and to characterize the patients' profiles. METHODS: Evaluation, retrospective, and prospective study, in which 503 patient records, without age restriction, were selected from a clinic-school and the following variables were analyzed: demographic information, speech and hearing diagnosis, and references. Patients were distributed into two groups according to the referrals made: internal (G1, n=341) and external (G2, n=162) to the clinic-school. RESULTS: A prevalence of male subjects under 12 years of age and with diagnosis of language disorders (primary and secondary) was found. It was observed that 83% patients in G1 were recalled for evaluation and speech therapy after an average of 7 months of waiting; and from the patients in G2 that were contacted (n=101), 13.9% were summoned and are satisfied with the place indicated for therapy after an average of 4 months of waiting. From those who did not receive care, 46% sought another service, and of these, 72.5% were successful. CONCLUSION: The data show the effectiveness and appropriateness of referrals made internally, suggesting that, when the team works together, the network operates more adequately. However, in relation to external referrals, they did not reach the proposed goals, indicating a lack of speech-language pathologists in public services and the low interest of patients in looking for other places of care.

What Are Graduate Students Really Thinking?: A Metacognitive Example

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Madix ◽  
Judith Oxley
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Clinical Program ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Abstract The ability to integrate academic and clinical knowledge to achieve a metacognitive level of performance is paramount to being a strong clinician in the field of speech-language pathology. The support and encouragement provided by supervisors strengthens the students' abilities to develop and integrate their knowledge and strategy use in the clinical setting. This article examines the development of metacognitive thinking skills of two first-year graduate students enrolled in a graduate-level speech-language pathology program during their first semester of clinical practicum. A pilot study utilizing a qualitative approach of semi-structured interviews and video-taped therapy sessions was conducted to illustrate how differently graduate clinicians can mature in their clinical program.

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