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Academic Skills of Children Adopted from China: School-age Follow-up
2011-01-13
Pollock, Karen, Gerke, Jenessa, Fleming, Jennifer
This study investigated the academic skills of 68 school-age children adopted from China as infants/toddlers.
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2016-05-25
Cowden, Brenna, Lee, Alyssa, Pollock, Karen
Purpose: Adoptions of non-special needs children from China have decreased dramatically over the past decade, while adoptions from the Waiting Child program have increased. Waiting children have identified medical needs or are over the age of 10 years. The purpose of this study was to determine...
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2012-08-31
Skoczylas, Melissa, Schneider, Phyllis, Hedley, Kristen
Both academically and socially, the school context is a very language intensive environment. These language demands are amplified for students with language impairments. “Inclusion” is a growing force driving recent educational theory and policy. If students with language deficits are not...
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2012-08-31
Schneider, Phyllis, Hedley, Kristen, Skoczylas, Melissa
Both academically and socially, the school context is a very language intensive environment. These language demands are amplified for students with language impairments. “Inclusion” is a growing force driving recent educational theory and policy. If students with language deficits are not...
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2016-03-23
Grant, Lucy, Sadhra, Avneet, Schneider, Phyllis, Skoczyals, Melissa, Currie, Samantha
Language is extensively used within the school environment, sometimes in areas which might not be evident unless working with a child with language impairments. Kristen Hedley (2012) created a tool called the “SLP curriculum” for teachers and speech-language pathologists to use collaboratively,...
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Integrating language services and the Alberta Education Curriculum: An extension for Grades 4-6 APPENDICES
Download2016-03-23
Skoczyals, Melissa, Grant, Lucy, Currie, Samantha, Sadhra, Avneet, Schneider, Phyllis
Language is extensively used within the school environment, sometimes in areas which might not be evident unless working with a child with language impairments. Kristen Hedley (2012) created a tool called the “SLP curriculum” for teachers and speech-language pathologists to use collaboratively,...
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Language Development in School-age Children Adopted from Haiti: A Longitudinal Study
2011-07-20
Perry, Ashley, Bylsma, Karen, Yam, Casey
The language development of children adopted internationally is a topic of growing interest, however, most studies have investigated children adopted from China or Eastern Europe. This project is a follow-up study that explored the language development of school-age children who were adopted from...
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2015-07-29
Perez-Leon, Pollock, Karen, Mullen, Chloe
Children adopted from China (CAC) have a unique path of language development, as they are cast abruptly into a new ambient language, typically with limited or no ongoing exposure to their birth language. They often face additional risks of speech and language delays due to a history of...
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2016-04-29
Clarke, Jessica, Pollock, Karen, Shurb-Beach, Amber
Children adopted from China (CAC) undergo a unique form of language acquisition, which may put them at risk for later language difficulties. Twenty-nine North American children, adopted from China prior to two years of age, were assessed at three time points in order to identify early predictors...
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2014-08-11
Clover, Jennifer, Pollock, Karen, Goerz, Naomi
This study investigates the language, academic and social skills of 36 school-aged children and adolescents who were adopted from China as infants and toddlers. All participants were part of previous studies by Pollock (2005), Pollock &Yan (2009) and Pollock, Fleming & Gerke (2011). Standardized...