Purpose: This article summarizes the shared principles and evidence underpinning methods employed in the three sentence-level (syntactic) grammatical intervention approaches developed by the authors. We discuss associated clinical resources and map a way forward for clinically useful research in this …

Background: Collaboration between parents and speech and language therapists (SLTs) is seen as a key element in family-centred models. Collaboration can have positive impacts on parental and children’s outcomes. However, collaborative practice has not been well described and researched in speech and …

Purpose: Applying evidence-based grammar intervention can be challenging for speech and language therapists (SLTs). Language in Interaction Therapy (LIT) is a focused stimulation intervention for children with weak morphosyntactic skills, which was developed to support SLTs in incorporating results from …

Background: Early detection and remediation of language disorders are important in helping children to establish appropriate communicative and social behaviour and acquire additional information about the world through the use of language. In the Netherlands, children with (a suspicion of) language disorders …

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to explore the 10-year plus outcomes of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy (CRT) combined with preventive swallowing rehabilitation (CRT+) for head and neck cancer (HNC). METHODS: Subjective and objective swallowing, trismus, and …

Het onderhouden van gezinsrelaties tijdens detentie kan gunstige gevolgen hebben voor zowel gedetineerde als voor zijn of haar gezinsleden (Dyer, Pleck, & McBride, 2012; Poehlmann-Tynan & Arditti, 2018). Vanuit maatschappelijk en wetenschappelijk oogpunt is er steeds meer aandacht voor de rol van gezinsrelaties …

Het lectoraat Brain & Technology wil onderzoek doen naar de houding van studenten op Saxion Hogeschool jegens virtual reality. In dit onderzoek is aan de hand van een quasi-experiment en vragenlijst op basis van het onderzoek van Venkatesh (2003) onderzocht hoe de houding van studenten hierop is. Het …

In this epilogue, I take a teaching practice and teacher education perspective on complexity in Instructed Second Language Acquisition. I take the stance that it is essential to understand if and how linguistic complexity relates to learning challenges, what the implications are for language pedagogy, …

Background: A user-centered design approach for eHealth interventions improves their effectiveness in stroke rehabilitation. Nevertheless, insight into requirements of end-users (patients/informal caregivers and/or health professionals) for eRehabilitation is lacking. The aim of this study was to identify …