Lang Disorders Ch. 9

Front 1

Goals of Intervention during DL years

Back 1

1) PROVIDE A WAY for child to EXPRESS his/her thoughts
2) help make SOCIAL INTERACTION as normal as possible
3) helps PROVIDE BASIS for literacy success

Front 2

Phonology

Back 2

goal: increase SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY as much as possible

Hint 2

Clinician-Directed Tx: Hide and Seek

clinician hides cards in obvi places around room
child says each word as he/she finds cards

Front 3

Semantics

Back 3

goal: increase RANGE OF THINGS child can TALK ABOUT

Hint 3

Clinician directed Tx:
- CD programs for working on vocab and concepts
- considered successful b/c children enjoy pushing buttons and seeing pics on screen
- Bracken Concept Development program
- Exploring early vocabulary series

Front 4

Syntax & Morphology

Back 4

goal: help child UNDERSTAND and USE SYNTAX to communicate effectively

Hint 4

Child centered Tx
- child plays w obj, clinician plays beside child, commenting
- if child says nothing, clinician continues to provide responses having to do with what child is doing
- provide as many models of language as you can

Front 5

Principles of Goal Seleciton for Grammatical Targets in DL period

Back 5

1) help child UNDERSTAND and USE SYNTAX to communicate effectively

2) producing a target at 90% correct is NOT ENOUGH; form must be used in REAL COMMUNICATION

Front 6

Pragmatics

Back 6

- should be incorporated into intervention program instead of being adressed as an isolated skill
- b/c PRAGMATNICS IS CONTEXT in which INTERVENTIONS occur
- clinician should practice language targets in VARIETY of CONTEXTS

Front 7

Play and Thinking

Back 7

3 - 3 1/2: activities based on events CHILD HAS EXPERIENCED

3 1/2 - 4 - activites based on events CHILD HAS SEEN but not necessarily experienced

4 - activities based on events that are TOTALLY IMAGINATIVE

Front 8

Pre-literacy Strategy

Back 8

Questions, Joint-story reading