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A randomized controlled trial of an oral inferential comprehension intervention for young children with developmental language disorder.
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Child Language Teaching & Therapy . Feb2019, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p39-54. 16p. 7 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Although children with developmental language disorder demonstrate poor inferential comprehension, few studies have evaluated the effect of interventions to improve inferencing. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a small-group intervention designed to improve oral inferential comprehension of narrative discourse. Thirty-seven 5- to 6-year-old children with developmental language disorder participated. The participants were randomly allocated to the oral inferential comprehension (IC) intervention or a control phonological awareness (PA) intervention. Small-group sessions took place twice a week over 8 weeks. Participants were assessed on narrative comprehension and phonological awareness skills pre- and post-intervention, and after a maintenance period of 8 weeks. Compared to the control PA group, the participants in the IC group demonstrated a significant increase in inferential comprehension scores from pre- to post-intervention, which was maintained over time. In addition, the IC group scored significantly higher than the PA group for inferential comprehension on a post-intervention generalization measure. There was no significant difference between the two groups for literal comprehension scores at any assessment point. The results demonstrate that the small-group intervention was effective at improving inferential comprehension of narratives in 5- to 6-year-old children with developmental language disorder. Additionally, generalized improvement was shown across the narrative context, and improvements were maintained two months following the intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TREATMENT of language disorders
*CHI-squared test
*STATISTICAL correlation
*DISCOURSE analysis
*LANGUAGE acquisition
*EVALUATION of medical care
*PHONETICS
*READING
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SPEECH therapy
*VOCABULARY
*NARRATIVES
*PHONOLOGICAL awareness
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHILDREN
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02656590
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Child Language Teaching & Therapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135206952
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659018815736