- Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Yvette Hyter
Western Michigan University, Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty Member
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This chapter reviews assessments that examine pragmatic behaviors and skills in children, as well as intervention procedures that can be used to facilitate change in pragmatic abilities. Several formal and informal assessment tools exist... more
This chapter reviews assessments that examine pragmatic behaviors and skills in children, as well as intervention procedures that can be used to facilitate change in pragmatic abilities. Several formal and informal assessment tools exist but very few address more than one pragmatic component. A review of intervention procedures reveals that most of the procedures reported in the literature have the capacity to effect change in pragmatic behaviors. However, many of the intervention studies have been conducted with small numbers of participants, and have a low level of evidence or controls. The chapter concludes with suggested future research topics.
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This prologue introduces an important topic for multiple disciplines involved with children and their families. This introduction includes a review of some of the current literature on the effects of maltreatment and prenatal alcohol... more
This prologue introduces an important topic for multiple disciplines involved with children and their families. This introduction includes a review of some of the current literature on the effects of maltreatment and prenatal alcohol exposure on child development, an explanation of why this topic is essential learning for communication professionals, prevalence figures for the occurrence of these effects, and a summarization of the articles that have been contributed by a cross section of researchers from various disciplines.
Research Interests: Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Medicine, Pregnancy, Humans, and 15 moreChild, Child Abuse, United States, Female, Infant, Developmental disabilities, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Sciences, Newborn Infant, Prologue, Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Patient Care Team, Cooperative Behavior, Child preschool, and Prenatal Exposure
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In 2013, issue editors Yvette D. Hyter and Kenyatta O. Rivers, along with two other colleagues, gave an invited lecture at the National Black Association of Speech-Language-Hearing focused on speech act behaviors produced by young African... more
In 2013, issue editors Yvette D. Hyter and Kenyatta O. Rivers, along with two other colleagues, gave an invited lecture at the National Black Association of Speech-Language-Hearing focused on speech act behaviors produced by young African American children (DeJarnette, Hyter, Rivers, & Wyatt, 2013). During the discussion that followed this invited presentation, one of our esteemed mentors and colleagues, Dr. Ida Stockman, called for more published information on the diverse and rich range of pragmatic language behaviors produced by African American children and adolescents. This issue of Topics in Language Disorders (TLD) is in response to that call. We are indebted to Dr. Stockman’s leadership in the area of African American child language and dedicate this issue to her. Much of the literature on the language of African American children and adolescents has focused on the morphosyntactic aspects of African American English (AAE). Less of the extant literature has addressed pragmatic aspects of language, defined generally as the use of language
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ABSTRACT Pragmatic language skills are important for developing relationships with others, and for communicating with a range of interlocutors in a variety of contexts, including preschool and elementary school classrooms. Pragmatic... more
ABSTRACT Pragmatic language skills are important for developing relationships with others, and for communicating with a range of interlocutors in a variety of contexts, including preschool and elementary school classrooms. Pragmatic language difficulties frequently are a primary area of disability for children diagnosed with autism, Asperger's syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, or with a history of maltreatment, but difficulty in this area also can occur for children who do not have specific developmental disabilities. Assessment is made more complex because pragmatic language skills are manifestations of social and cultural practices learned within historical process of economic, political, and cultural relations. Therefore, it is important for communication professionals to have access to user-friendly tools that can be used efficiently to produce accurate data about many areas of pragmatic language skills. This article provides the conceptual basis and analysis of a new pragmatic language assessment tool being developed for diverse populations in the preschool and early elementary school years.
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Purpose: In this commentary, we offer a critique of “A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter” (Grover et al., 2022). We argue that the authors' proposal to rename and reframe accent modification lacks... more
Purpose: In this commentary, we offer a critique of “A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter” (Grover et al., 2022). We argue that the authors' proposal to rename and reframe accent modification lacks criticality, which actually hinders—rather than advances—the movement toward equitable, culturally sustaining, and emancipatory practices. Method: We offer an analysis of the shortfall between the authors' calls for linguistic justice in “A Viewpoint on Accent Services” and the actual changes they proposed. We break down major gaps in criticality, reflexivity, practice, and vision and discuss their potential for undercutting meaningful progress as it relates to linguistic justice. Results: We found that the frameworks for the pursuit of equity, cultural sustenance, and emancipatory practices were misrepresented in the article in such a way that suggests that these goals could be achieved through superficial changes in terminology and attitudes. “A Viewpoi...
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Purpose: In this commentary, we offer a critique of “A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter” (Grover et al., 2022). We argue that the authors' proposal to rename and reframe accent modification lacks... more
Purpose: In this commentary, we offer a critique of “A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter” (Grover et al., 2022). We argue that the authors' proposal to rename and reframe accent modification lacks criticality, which actually hinders—rather than advances—the movement toward equitable, culturally sustaining, and emancipatory practices. Method: We offer an analysis of the shortfall between the authors' calls for linguistic justice in “A Viewpoint on Accent Services” and the actual changes they proposed. We break down major gaps in criticality, reflexivity, practice, and vision and discuss their potential for undercutting meaningful progress as it relates to linguistic justice. Results: We found that the frameworks for the pursuit of equity, cultural sustenance, and emancipatory practices were misrepresented in the article in such a way that suggests that these goals could be achieved through superficial changes in terminology and attitudes. “A Viewpoi...
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Purpose Maltreatment is a threat to child health and well-being and negatively influences all aspects of development, including language. Less seems to be known about the consequences that maltreatment has on social pragmatic... more
Purpose Maltreatment is a threat to child health and well-being and negatively influences all aspects of development, including language. Less seems to be known about the consequences that maltreatment has on social pragmatic communication. A systematic review of the literature was performed to summarize existing empirical research on complex trauma (the impact of maltreatment, including abuse and neglect, in the caregiving system) on social pragmatic communication of children and youth. The goal of this review article was to review the empirical evidence of the association between maltreatment and social pragmatic communication profiles of children. Method Research articles published between 1974, when the first comprehensive law of child protection was enacted, and 2020 were reviewed. Seven electronic databases were used to conduct the search for literature using several combined concepts related to social pragmatic communication and maltreatment. The inclusion criteria were that ...
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Children diagnosed with emotional/behavioral disorders expe-rience expressive and pragmatic language disorders that can negatively affect educational success. This article describes a classroom-based pragmatic language intervention... more
Children diagnosed with emotional/behavioral disorders expe-rience expressive and pragmatic language disorders that can negatively affect educational success. This article describes a classroom-based pragmatic language intervention program that was conducted with children diagnosed as having an emotional/ behavioral disorder. Results of the program suggested that the classroom-based pragmatic language intervention may have positively influenced the ability of the participants to employ pragmatic skills, such as providing sufficient and detailed infor-mation, stating opinions, and using verbal language to negotiate with others. Over the past 20 years, considerable research has been completed suggesting that 50 % to 80 % of children with lan-guage disorders have co-occurring psychiatric or emotional/
Based on results of the 2000 census, Hispanics are now the largest, and fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. Historically, the Hispanic population in the state of Michigan has been very modest in size and spatially concentrated in the... more
Based on results of the 2000 census, Hispanics are now the largest, and fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. Historically, the Hispanic population in the state of Michigan has been very modest in size and spatially concentrated in the Detroit metro area. Starting in 1980 but with a much faster rate growth in the last decade, Hispanics have increasingly selected Southwest Michigan for relocation from other parts of the U.S. Grand Rapids is now second only to Detroit in the absolute number of Hispanics. Many other cities and towns in Southwestern Michigan have experienced similar growth. With the rapid pace of demographic change in Southwest Michigan, there has been a lag in social services for these recent arrivals as well as some tensions among the region’s ethnic groups. In this case study based on over 10 hours of interviews with three focus groups targeting three distinct socio-economic levels, we summarize the major economic problems, social concerns and issues associated wi...
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Purpose: In this commentary, we offer a critique of “A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter” (Grover et al., 2022). We argue that the authors' proposal to rename and reframe accent modification lacks... more
Purpose: In this commentary, we offer a critique of “A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter” (Grover et al., 2022). We argue that the authors' proposal to rename and reframe accent modification lacks criticality, which actually hinders—rather than advances—the movement toward equitable, culturally sustaining, and emancipatory practices. Method: We offer an analysis of the shortfall between the authors' calls for linguistic justice in “A Viewpoint on Accent Services” and the actual changes they proposed. We break down major gaps in criticality, reflexivity, practice, and vision and discuss their potential for undercutting meaningful progress as it relates to linguistic justice. Results: We found that the frameworks for the pursuit of equity, cultural sustenance, and emancipatory practices were misrepresented in the article in such a way that suggests that these goals could be achieved through superficial changes in terminology and attitudes. “A Viewpoi...
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Introduction In any given year, about 3.5 million children in the United States are suspected of having experienced maltreatment resulting in complex trauma involving the exposure to traumatic even...
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Purpose: The purpose of this critical discourse analytic study is to identify how two key professional standards documents in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences field—the Standards for Certification document and the Essential... more
Purpose: The purpose of this critical discourse analytic study is to identify how two key professional standards documents in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences field—the Standards for Certification document and the Essential Functions rubric—contribute to the discursive construction of the ideal speech-language pathologist and audiologist, and to examine whether the experiences and needs of people of color are taken into consideration in these documents. Method: Critical discourse analysis was used as both a conceptual and methodological lens for the systematic analysis of the targeted text. Results: The findings show that considerations of race and racism were almost entirely absent from both documents and thus reflected a discourse of race neutrality that is ideologically consistent with color-blind racism. The enactment of racially coded expectations within a construct of race-neutral discourse maintains racial inequities in the speech, language, and hearing sciences prof...
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The consequences of globalization include advances in technology and greater interactions among nations, as well as unpredictable world events and high levels of voluntary and involuntary movement ...
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Forty-nine 3- to 5-year-old African American children enrolled in Head Start were assessed using the third edition of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Dunn & Dunn, 1997). Their mean score (86.84, SD = 10.96) was significantly lower... more
Forty-nine 3- to 5-year-old African American children enrolled in Head Start were assessed using the third edition of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Dunn & Dunn, 1997). Their mean score (86.84, SD = 10.96) was significantly lower than the mean for the normative sample, despite the fact that the test's normative sample included minority children. An item analysis revealed that few items were systematically missed by most children. Instead, performance seemed reflective of socioeconomic and/or ethnic patterns of vocabulary usage. Educational and clinical implications are discussed.
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I know of only one infallible compass in ethics and politics, which at the level where these things count are synonymous, and that is to be on the side of the victims. I know its not easy but it do...
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This case focuses on the effects of trauma on the language and social pragmatic communication of a 10-year-old girl who was one of the many children separated from familial caregivers between 2016 and 2019 when she and her parents came to... more
This case focuses on the effects of trauma on the language and social pragmatic communication of a 10-year-old girl who was one of the many children separated from familial caregivers between 2016 and 2019 when she and her parents came to the U.S. from Central America seeking asylum due to gang violence and economic reasons. The child spent 8 months in the detention center without her parents and then was transferred to a foster home where she suffered neglect as well as physical and psychological abuse. This case study focuses on the long-term effects of structural violence and maltreatment on child development, and specifically on language and social pragmatic communication.
Recently, speech, language, and hearing sciences (SLHS) programs became increasingly aware of structural racism, inequity, and injustice in the professions and world. Although a consistent experience for many people of color, this current... more
Recently, speech, language, and hearing sciences (SLHS) programs became increasingly aware of structural racism, inequity, and injustice in the professions and world. Although a consistent experience for many people of color, this current reality requires scholars and educators to interrogate concepts and employ more transformative concepts fitting for this new era. Concepts are the basis of thought, essential for communication, necessary for building knowledge, and the building blocks of theory. Critical theory was used to conduct a preliminary analysis of five concepts used in SLHS. The concepts were analyzed keeping in mind the historical, political, and cultural influences on how the concepts are used and understood in SLHS. The analysis revealed that these concepts were typically not defined in SLHS literature, and without collective critical reflection, the continued use of those concepts could lead to inequities and/or exclusion. Suggestions for more equitable concepts are pr...
... Elocutionist Hallie Quinn Brown. by Judith Felson Duchan & Yvette D Hyter. see also. References. ... In the next year she moved back to Dayton where she took a course from a "Professor Robertson" affiliated... more
... Elocutionist Hallie Quinn Brown. by Judith Felson Duchan & Yvette D Hyter. see also. References. ... In the next year she moved back to Dayton where she took a course from a "Professor Robertson" affiliated with the Boston School of Oratory, which later became Emerson College. ...