Examining the utility of the stimulus pairing observation procedure with preschool children learning a second language.

We evaluated the effectiveness of a stimulus pairing observation procedure to facilitate tact and listener relations in preschool children learning a second language. This procedure resulted in the establishment of most listener relations as well as some tact relations. Multiple-exemplar training resulted in the establishment of most of the remaining relations.

Ethical issues in providing services in schools to children with swallowing and feeding disorders.

Purpose: This article is a commentary and discussion of ethical issues in dysphagia services as related to school-based practice in speech-language pathology.

Method: A review of the literature on ethical issues in the provision of speech-language pathology services to individuals with dysphagia was conducted, with particular emphasis on students receiving school-based services.

Results: Issues in dysphagia management that were identified in the literature review are discussed from the perspective of biomedical ethics, professional ethics, and professional practice issues pertinent to the school setting.

Impact of Managed Care in the Schools.

This article examines the effect of managed care on the types of children and services offered in the schools. The role of cost containment in service delivery in the schools relative to managed care is described. Skills that the speech-language pathologist must develop and maintain in the school systems in this era of managed care are outlined.