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welcome to sugar I'm Bob Owens one of
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the developers of sugar what we consider
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to be an exciting new way to collect and
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analyze language samples my partner is
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Stacy Pavelka whom you'll meet in the
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next module sugar stands for sampling
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utterances and grammatical analysis
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revised we chose that name especially
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the last word because we began with
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older methods of sampling and have tried
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to enhance them based on what
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school-based speech-language
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pathologists do and say about sampling
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that's part of the sugar story and we'll
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weave it into our explanation of the
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sugar collection and analysis process in
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these modules first a little background
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as the slide says sugar is a quick
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simple easy child language sample
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analysis or LSA method sugar begins with
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sample collection and then helps you not
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only identify children with language
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impairments but aids in identifying
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specific areas of concern and possible
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intervention targets we've based sugar
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on research finding about how SLPs
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currently sample and on what they say
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they need to sample more effectively and
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efficiently possibly what drew you to
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investigate sugar is that it's a free
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LSA method that requires no special
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software or equipment that's the type of
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LSA methodology we wanted to create you
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can use sugar with your laptop or tablet
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without downloading a program or special
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app there are several advantages in
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using sugar first it's easy to learn
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we'll walk you through each step this
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website includes samples for practice
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and also helpful guides there's no
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special coding or difficult procedures
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as you'll see and all of this can be
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accomplished using Mike
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soft word on your personal computer
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device couldn't be any easier than that
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in addition to sample collection ideas
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sugar enables you to quickly calculate
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for sugar metrics including sugar mean
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length of utterance or ml u.s. total
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number of words average words per
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sentence an average clauses per sentence
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sugar contains normative values for each
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metric for children 3 to 8 years of age
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that can help you in determining if a
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child has a possible language impairment
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in addition sugar has sub analysis
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formats to help you identify potential
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intervention targets finally brief
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intervention resources give you the
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latest information on helpful innovative
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ideas for intervention sugar didn't just
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happen the evolution of sugar has been a
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long process lasting over several years
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that process is still continuing if
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you'll bear with me I'd like to give you
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an idea of that process to help you
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better understand our goals and how they
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came about in 2013 Stacy myself Murray
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Ireland and Debbie has Vaughan conducted
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a survey of 1300 school-based SLPs and
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their use of LSA these results guided
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our thinking in devising a sample
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protocol that addresses the concerns and
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practices of SLPs working with children
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with language impairment for example
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most school-based SLPs told us that they
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collected 50 utterances or less when
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language sampling given this reality
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Stacy and I wanted to help slps collect
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the best 50 utterances possible
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previously with the help of some
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wonderful students I had conducted a
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sample of simple modifications we can
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make to language sample collecting to
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produce more robust samples
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again with the help of senior students I
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collected and analyzed samples from 175
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typically-developing 3 to 8 year-olds
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using the robust techniques mentioned on
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the previous slide station I use this
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information from the children to modify
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mlu calculation producing mlu sugar or
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ml US as mentioned previously in doing
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so we counted bound morphemes children
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were adding to their language repertoire
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as they matured by doing this we
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demonstrated that ml you could continue
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to grow vigorously through age 8 one of
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the main concerns raised by school-based
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SLPs was that they doubted the validity
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of sample analysis values Stacey and I
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were able to demonstrate that the four
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metrics mlu sugar total number of words
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words per sentence and clauses per
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sentence correlated strongly with the
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results of normative testing the results
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indicated that these four values were
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valid measures of children's language
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working with students I had previous
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previously identified rapid ways to
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calculate each of these values this
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answered another concern of school-based
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slps that sampling was too
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time-consuming subsequent research would
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demonstrate that using these sugar
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techniques a sample could be collected
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transcribed and analyzed in under half
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an hour using the robust collection
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methods modified analysis metrics and
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rapid analysis methods Stacey and I
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reported on sampling data from 270
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typically-developing
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three to eight-year-olds this data
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established normative values
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for mlu sugar total number of words
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words per sentence and clauses per
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sentence that could be used to help
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determine whether or not a child has a
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language impairment using data from the
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same children Stacy
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Denis BAM Benelli and I also identified
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sub analysis procedures and values that
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SLPs could use in determining potential
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intervention targets for children with
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language impairment once these potential
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targets have been identified we said
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about collecting information to help SL
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peas plan intervention you'll find
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helpful information for each potential
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target on this website as you can
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imagine the development process has been
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long and at times difficult but Stacy
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and I are very excited about the results
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and about sugar we hope you will be also
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there are eight training modules in
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sugar it's our hope that you'll spend
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time with each one this is the first as
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you progress through each module you'll
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learn the sugar methodology and gain an
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understanding of the reasons behind some
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of the decisions we made it's important
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to understand our rationale and to
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follow the sugar procedures for example
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if you don't collect a robust sample as
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we suggest a child may do poorly in the
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analysis portion before I conclude this
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introduction Stacy and I would be remiss
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if we didn't recognize the work of other
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professionals both SLPs and audiologists
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who have helped us along the way their
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contribution has been invaluable sugar
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is still evolving maybe you can help in
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some way
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we feel our work as SLPs is important
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developing sugar has been and continues
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to be a labor of love for both Stacy and
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me and neither of us receive any
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compensation
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that's why sugar is available to you
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free of charge
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finally before closing this module I
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want to present the professional journal
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articles upon which sugar is based it's
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anticipated that this list will grow as
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further research is conducted if you're
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ready to have a taste of sugar you'll
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find Stacy waiting for you in module 2
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thanks for listening we hope that sugar
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will leave a sweet taste in your mouth