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Submissions from 2023

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Inclusive Education and UDL Professional Development for Teachers in Sweden and India, Linda P. Ewe, Elizabeth M. Dalton, Sujata Bhan, Susie L. Gronseth, and Gabriella Dahlberg

Submissions from 2021

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Using a Hybrid Telehealth and Adaptive Aquatics Father Coaching Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study, Michelle Flippin and Emily Clapham

Submissions from 2020

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Acoustic Features of Transfeminine Voices and Perceptions of Voice Femininity, Kimberly L. Dahl and Leslie A. Mahler

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Universal design for learning in inclusive education policy in South Africa, Judith A. McKenzie and Elizabeth M. Dalton

Submissions from 2019

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Inclusion, universal design and universal design for learning in higher education: South Africa and the United States, Elizabeth M. Dalton, Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, Britt T. Ferguson, and Judith McKenzie

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Father communication coaching for children with autism spectrum disorder: A single-subject study, Michelle Flippin

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Parent couples’ participation in speech-language therapy for school-age children with autism spectrum disorder in the United States, Michelle Flippin and Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn

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Auditory-perceptual speech features in children with down syndrome, Harrison N. Jones, Kelly D. Crisp, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Leslie Mahler, Thomas Risoli, Carlee W. Jones, and Priya Kishnani

Submissions from 2018

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2022 Using father-mediated intervention to increase responsive parental behaviors and child communication in children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study, Michelle Flippin

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Commentary: Parental Broad Autism Phenotype and the Language Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Michelle Flippin

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Parental Broad Autism Phenotype and the Language Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Michelle Flippin and Linda R. Watson

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Otherness in the clinical borderlands, Dana Kovarsky

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Issue Editor Foreword: Clinical Discourse as Cultural Borderlands, Dana Kovarsky and Irene Walsh

Submissions from 2017

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Smart fog: Fog computing framework for unsupervised clustering analytics in wearable Internet of Things, Debanjan Borthakur, Harishchandra Dubey, Nicholas Constant, Leslie Mahler, and Kunal Mankodiya

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Dads’ interaction can help kids with ASDmichelle flippin seeks ways to involve fathers in social-communication intervention with their children who have ASD, Michelle Flippin

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Effect of lexical retrieval cascade treatment on naming and discourse of individuals with logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia(lvPPA), Mikyong Kim

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Effect of a Combined Tai Chi, Resistance Training and Dietary Intervention on Cognitive Function in Obese Older Women, F. Xu, M. J. Delmonico, I. E. Lofgren, K. M. Uy, S. A. Maris, D. Quintanilla, A. G. Taetzsch, J. Letendre, and L. Mahler

Submissions from 2016

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Cognitive status and cardio-metabolic risk of patients with acquired brain injury and Parkinson's disease, Dara L. Lobuono, Amy G. Taetzsch, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Furong Xu, Matthew J. Delmonico, and Leslie Mahler

Submissions from 2015

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EchoWear: Smartwatch Technology for Voice and Speech Treatments of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Harishchandra Dubey, Jon C. Goldberg, Mohammadreza Abtahi, Leslie Mahler, and Kunal Mankodiya

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Developing Feasible and Effective School-Based Interventions for Children With ASD: A Case Study of the Iterative Development Process, Jessica R. Dykstra Steinbrenner, Linda R. Watson, Brian A. Boyd, Kaitlyn P. Wilson, Elizabeth R. Crais, Grace T. Baranek, Michelle Flippin, and Sally Flagler

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Fathers' and Mothers' Verbal Responsiveness and the Language Skills of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Michelle Flippin and Linda R. Watson

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Transition to college for students with language disorders on and off the autism spectrum, Lynne E. Hewitt and Amy L. Weiss

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Evidence-based treatment of voice and speech disorders in Parkinson disease, Leslie A. Mahler, Lorraine O. Ramig, and Cynthia Fox

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Impact on Diet Quality and Resilience in Urban Community Dwelling Obese Women with a Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention, Amy Taetzsch, Dinah Quintanilla, Stephen Maris, Jon Letendre, Leslie Mahler, Furong Xu, Matthew J. Delmonico, and Ingrid E. Lofgren

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Implementing a communication coaching program for students with autism spectrum disorders in postsecondary education, Amy L. Weiss and Pamela Rohland

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Impact of a Program of Tai Chi Plus Behaviorally Based Dietary Weight Loss on Physical Functioning and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors: A Community-Based Study in Obese Older Women, Furong Xu, Jonathan Letendre, Jillian Bekke, Nowen Beebe, Leslie Mahler, Ingrid E. Lofgren, and Matthew J. Delmonico

Submissions from 2014

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Effects of respiratory muscle training (RMT) in children with infantile-onset Pompe disease and respiratory muscle weakness, Harrison N. Jones, Kelly D. Crisp, Tronda Moss, Katherine Strollo, Randy Robey, Jeffrey Sank, Michelle Canfield, Laura E. Case, Leslie Mahler, Richard M. Kravitz, and Priya S. Kishnani

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The Combined Effects of Tai Chi, Resistance Training, and Diet on Physical Function and Body Composition in Obese Older Women, S. A. Maris, D. Quintanilla, A. Taetzsch, A. Picard, J. Letendre, L. Mahler, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Furong Xu, and M. J. Delmonico

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"measuring up" to ethical standards in service delivery to college students on the Autism Spectrum: A practical application of Powell's model for ethical practices in clinical phonetics and linguistics, Amy L. Weiss and Pamela Rohland

Submissions from 2012

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The implementation of inclusive education in South Africa: Reflections arising from a workshop for teachers and therapists to introduce Universal Design for Learning, Elizabeth M. Dalton, Judith A. McKenzie, and Callista Kahonde

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Intensive treatment of dysarthria in two adults with Down syndrome, Leslie A. Mahler and Harrison N. Jones

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Intensive treatment of dysarthria secondary to stroke, Leslie A. Mahler and Lorraine O. Ramig

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Benefiting from Speech Therapy the Role of Individual Differences in Treating Children with Speech Sound Disorders, Amy L. Weiss

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How Focus on Individual Differences Informs our Clinical Practice for Individuals with Communication Disorders: A Summary and a Look Ahead Epilogue, Amy L. Weiss

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Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders Prologue, Amy L. Weiss

Submissions from 2011

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Rapport and relationships in clinical interactions, Judith Felson Duchan and Dana Kovarsky

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Humor, rapport, and uncomfortable moments in interactions with adults with traumatic brain injury, Dana Kovarsky, Christine Schiemer, and Allison Murray

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Intensive voice treatment (LSVT®LOUD) for Parkinson's disease following deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, Jennifer Spielman, Leslie Mahler, Angela Halpern, Phillip Gilley, Olga Klepitskaya, and Lorraine Ramig

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Reflective practice: Using focus groups to determine family priorities and guide social pragmatic program development, Geraldine Theadore, Amy Laurent, Dana Kovarsky, and Amy L. Weiss

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Caregiver-directed approaches for facilitating social communication competencies in children on and off the autism spectrum, Amy L. Weiss and Geraldine Theadore

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Involving parents in teaching social communication skills to young children, Amy L. Weiss and Geraldine Theadore

Submissions from 2009

Diagnosis as cultural practice, Judith Felson Duchan and Dana Kovarsky

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Laughter and communicative engagement in interaction, Dana Kovarsky, Maura Curran, and Nicole Zobel Nichols

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Laughter and communicative engagement in interaction., Dana Kovarsky, Maura Curran, and Nicole Zobel Nichols

Intensive Voice Treatment (LSVT® LOUD) for dysarthria secondary to stroke, Leslie A. Mahler, Lorraine O. Ramig, and Cynthia Fox

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Engagement in clinical interaction: An introduction, Nina Simmons-Mackie and Dana Kovarsky

Engagement in clinical interaction: an introduction., Nina Simmons-Mackie and Dana Kovarsky

Preface. Engagement in clinical practice., Nina Simmons-Mackie and Dana Kovarsky

Submissions from 2008

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Representing voices from the life-world in evidence-based practice, Dana Kovarsky

Submissions from 2007

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Training phonological reading in deep alexia: Does it improve reading words with low imageability?, Mikyong Kim and Danielle Beaudoin-Parsons

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Topics in Language Disorders: Foreword, Dana Kovarsky

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The construction of identity in discourses of illness: An introduction, Dana Kovarsky and Barbara G. Bokhour

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A missing voice in the discourse of evidence-based practice, Dana Kovarsky and Maura Curran

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The construction of identity during group therapy among adults with traumatic brain injury, Dana Kovarsky, Allan Shaw, and Maureen Adingono-Smith

Submissions from 2006

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A response to Ryan (2006) [2], Amy L. Weiss

Submissions from 2004

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Stories of origin in the identification of hearing loss among neonates, Dana Kovarsky, Ellen Kurtzer-White, and Madeline Maxwell

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The child as agent for change in therapy for phonological disorders, Amy L. Weiss

Submissions from 2003

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Quantitative and qualitative documentation of early literacy instruction, Barbara Culatta, Dana Kovarsky, Geraldine Theadore, Amber Franklin, and Geralyn Timler

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Affective communication in normal and brain-damaged adults: An overview, Colleen M. Karow and Elizabeth C. Connors

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Semantic anomaly judgement in individuals with probable Alzheimer's disease, Mikyong Kim and Cynthia K. Thompson

Submissions from 2001

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Ruminating on impairment-based assessment and intervention, Dana Kovarsky

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"Communicative participation" as a way of facilitating and ascertaining communicative outcomes, Dana Kovarsky, Barbara Culatta, Amber Franklin, and Geraldine Theadore

Submissions from 1997

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Language and context: Some issues of practice, Dana Kovarsky and Jack Damico

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The interactional dimensions of language therapy, Dana Kovarsky and Judith F. Duchan

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Rethinking the context of language in the schools, Dana Kovarsky and Madeline Maxwell