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- Title
The Changing View of Input in the Treatment of Children With Grammatical Deficits.
- Authors
Leonard, Laurence B.; Deevy, Patricia
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present 3 approaches that emphasize the role that input plays in the treatment of grammatical deficits in children with language impairments. Method: These approaches—input informativeness, competing sources of input, and high variability—were selected because they go beyond issues of token frequency and emphasize instead type frequency, relative frequency, and frequency at an abstract as well as a concrete level of grammar. Each of these approaches can be applied to the grammatical deficits seen in children with specific language impairment and can be readily used with well-established procedures, such as focused stimulation and recasting. Results: Each approach is supported by a body of laboratory research with children with typical language skills, and the feasibility of each has been tested in studies with a treatment design. Furthermore, the assumptions of the 3 approaches are largely compatible, permitting application of combinations of these approaches without violating any of their principles. Conclusion: The positive findings from each of these approaches should serve as a basis for further clinical research.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of language disorders in children; GRAMMAR; CHILDREN'S language; MORPHEMICS; TENSE (Grammar); AGREEMENT (Grammar); LANGUAGE acquisition; COMPARATIVE grammar; TREATMENT of language disorders; LANGUAGE &; languages; SPEECH evaluation; PHONOLOGICAL awareness; CHILDREN
- Publication
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2017, Vol 26, Issue 3, p1030
- ISSN
1058-0360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1044/2017_AJSLP-16-0095