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- 6Canada, Alberta
- 15Edmonton Social Planning Council
- 4Kolkman, John
- 4Pollock, Karen
- 4Volden, Joanne
- 3Adams, Kim
- 3Schneider, Phyllis
- 21Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)
- 21Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of
- 20Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of/Speech Pathology and Audiology
- 10Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)/Poverty and Social Assistance (Edmonton Social Planning Council)
- 8Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)/Children, Youth and Family (Edmonton Social Planning Council)
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2011-08-03
Yungwirth, Shaelene, Genuis, Sarah, Charlton, Sheila
Currently, cognitive function of children with motor impairment is difficult to assess because most cognitive assessment tasks require manipulation of small objects and/or verbal intelligibility. Research has demonstrated that play using robots allows children with motor impairments to manipulate...
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2015-06-07
Erven, Leslie, Langevin, Marilyn, Savill, Shay-Lee, Danielsen, Sarah
Background/Purpose: Teachers’ understanding of stuttering can powerfully influence the educational experience of children who stutter. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate changes in student teachers’ understanding of the impact of stuttering on the lives of PWS before and...
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Disparities in access to maternal health care in Pakistan: poverty, gender, and social exclusion. Policy recommendations (long form)
Download2012-12-01
This briefing is for policy-makers , program managers and donors concerned with the poor status of maternal health in Pakistan.
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Disparities in access to maternal health care in Pakistan: poverty, gender, and social exclusion. Policy Recommendations (short form)
Download2012-12-01
This briefing is for policy-makers , program managers and donors concerned with the poor status of maternal health in Pakistan.
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2013-05-09
Wu, Tong, Nickel, Liane, Reimer, Ashley
The number of children who are adopted internationally has been steadily increasing. However, there is a limited amount of research on how language typically develops in this population. This study followed 20 children under the age of 5 who were adopted from Ethiopia to North America....
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1989-11-01
Edmonton Social Planning Council
This package includes a brief overview of the Edmonton Social Planning Council, an article on poverty in Edmonton written by Peter Faid, the May 1989 issue of Alberta Facts (on child poverty) and various back issues of the ESPC's publication \"first reading\".
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Effect of a Child-Controlled Robot on Mother’s Communicative Dominance during Play Interaction with a Child with Cerebral Palsy: a Case Study
Download2014-06-30
Soriano, Adrielle, Yuen, Amanda
Children who have severe physical disabilities often have great difficulty interacting and learning through play, and their expressive language is commonly limited. During play, mothers are frequently more directive in their interaction with children with disabilities. This might change if the...
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Exploring Pragmatic Language Dysfunction in High Functioning Speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Reliability Study for Transcription using Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT)
Download2014-06-26
Duby, Brandis, Lysay, Katryna, Conrad, Megan, Smith, Kalista
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) commonly experience difficulties with pragmatic language use. To determine how cognitive load affects the pragmatic language use of high-functioning children with ASD, 11 children between the ages of 7 and 12 and diagnosed with ASD performed...
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2011
Co-published by the Edmonton Social Planning Council, the Alberta College of Social Workers and Public Interest Alberta, \"In This Together : Ending Poverty in Alberta\" identifies the need for a province-wide poverty reduction strategy in Alberta. It also discusses how the Government of Alberta...