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2019-11-08
Hutchinson, Megan, McPhedran, Tara, Miller, Clare, Wilson, Taylor, Adams, Kim, Pollock, Karen
A focus on the experiences and perspectives of siblings of children who use AAC who participated in AAC Camp Alberta. While gaining a deeper understanding of this relationship was key, information was also used for program planning.
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Acquisition of Fricative Contrasts in Children Enrolled in a Mandarin-English Bilingual Education Program
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da Silva, Bridgette, Kascak, Lauren, Lelekach, Marisa, Zhang, Jessica, Pollock, Karen, Lin, Youran
This study is part of a larger, ongoing project that aims to develop a profile of children learning Standard Mandarin as L2 in the Edmonton Public Schools Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual Program.
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2018-11-16
Berthelsen, Danica, Lyle, Hanna, Smith, Jillian, Quach, Wendy, Pollock, Karen
The purpose of this project was to create an accessible online resource for families with the following goals: teach families how to create a low-tech AAC board that is simple to assemble; educate parents how to use the AAC board during shared book reading; provide parents with strategies to...
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2018-11-16
Quach, Wendy, Pollock, Karen, Simpson, Brianne, Klassen, Jessica
The purpose of this study was to examine perspectives of parents who participated in an intensive weekend family AAC camp on their experience and training received.
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2017-01-03
Chan, Charlene, Goodridge, Emily, Lam, Joelle, Pollock, Karen
The aim of this project was to pilot a study of perceived accentedness in the speech of students enrolled in Mandarin-English bilingual elementary schools in Edmonton. Seventeen students from Kindergarten to Grade Six were recorded repeating three sentences in Mandarin and three sentences in...
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The Development and Effectiveness of an Online Phonetics Refresher Module for Incoming Speech-Language Pathology Students
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Blackmore, Sarah, Geisheimer, Sarah, Grant, Kelsey, Preus, Ashley, Pollock, Karen
This project involved the development and evaluation of an online phonetics refresher module for incoming speech-language pathology (SLP) students at the University of Alberta, class of 2018. The module was intended to provide new students with the opportunity to review phonetics concepts and...
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The benefits of an immersive Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Camp experience for Rehabilitation Medicine students
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Ames, Allison, Archer, Britany, Inkster, Michelle, Pollock, Karen
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) camps provide opportunities for children who use AAC, and their families, to build communication skills in a short-term intensive format. Students in graduate rehabilitation medicine programs are often utilized as counsellors at these camps, but...
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2017-02-07
Eichelt, Karissa, Zielinski, Tammie, Pollock, Karen, Nicoladis, Elena, Koh, Jessie Bee Kim
Speech-language pathologists often assess children’s expressive language, which sometimes includes narrative abilities, when screening and diagnosing language delays. Typically, narratives are analyzed for grammatical complexity (i.e., mean length utterance or MLU) and lexical complexity (i.e.,...
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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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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...