Hayley

Krier

Step 4 (1)- Reading picture books with children holds promise for treating common
language disorder by Karen Henry was published on January 19, 2017 in the
Medical Press. This article is about a clinical study that was conducted to see if
increasing the exposure to vocabulary words in books could help children with a
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) learn new words. SLI is characterized by
difficulty in learning and understanding words, which can negatively impact their
academic future. Children with SLI need exposure to vocabulary words three times
as often as typically developing children. For this study, adults were to read a book
with a kindergarten child and told to go over the vocabulary words before reading
the book, during reading the book, and after finishing the book. This included
defining the word and using the word in different contexts. The results from this
study concluded that the children learned anywhere from 5-14 new words
throughout the trial. Storkel, the director of the trial, is planning on adjusting this
study to learn more about how different types of exposure to books vocabulary
words can help children with SLI learn the vocabulary and what techniques will
show the most improvement.

Step 4 (2)- I read the preface of a book titled, Communication Disorders in
Educational and Medical Settings by William O. Haynes, Michael J. Moran and
Rebekah H. Pindzola that was published in 2012. This section of the book included
everything the rest of the text would cover. It discussed what types of disorders
speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with, including, language, articulation,
voice, and swallowing disorders. It mentioned that the most common settings for
speech language pathologists to work in are educational and medical settings- such
as hospitals, schools, rehabilitation centers, etc. No matter which setting, all speech
language pathologists are required to work with the other employees that work
there. The SLPs at schools work with the teachers and counselors while the SLPs
that work in medical settings, such as hospitals, work with the nurses and doctors to
help implement the best diagnosis and treatment plans as possible. The purpose of
this book is to discover all the roles of a speech language pathologist and to
determine the differences and similarities of being a SLP in different settings.