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2017-06-22

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...

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.

2015-03-11

Pittoors, Dana

Background: This study describes the intensity of services received by preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Edmonton area. Method: Sixty eight families were asked to describe the services their preschool children utilized at 4 time points: within 4 months of diagnosis,...

2019-11-08

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.

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.,...

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...

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.

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...

2014-06-02

Funk, Vanessa, Thompson, Pamela, Scherz, Danielle

Background: Pragmatic skills are, by definition, impaired in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). These difficulties can negatively influence a person’s interpersonal relationships, their ability to find employment and their overall quality of life. Currently, there is little research...

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...