Supporting knowledge in language and literacy

Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy is a narrative and vocabulary instruction program for children with language disorders provided by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in a regular primary school classroom setting.

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  • Supporting knowledge in language and literacy

    Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy is a narrative and vocabulary instruction program for children with language disorders provided by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in a regular primary school classroom setting.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • TeaCHH

    This treatment was originally designed by the researchers in The University of North Carolina in 1966 by Eric Schopler (Schopler & Reichler, 1971) and aims to develop Autistic children’s communication skills alongside cognition, perception, imitation and motor skills (Eikeseth, 2009), though speech and language problems are not an intervention priority for TeaCCH.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Stimulability treatment

    Stimulability is when children can accurately copy a target speech sound that a therapist models for them. Research shows that children do well if they are able to copy target sounds. This approach aims to increase stimulability of non-stimulable sounds (Miccio & Elbert, 1996).

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Rapid Motor Imitation Antecedent training (RMIA)

    Motor Imitation Antecedent (RMIA) therapy uses the principles of behaviorism to help nonverbal children with autism acquire first words. It involves teaching children to imitate a series of simple movements (such as clap, tap foot, touch head, touch nose, touch mouth) very quickly.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Pre-teaching vocabulary

    PTV provides a principled, evidenced approach for demonstrating, modelling and teaching children how to learn new words in order to promote independent word learning. It aims to support and scaffold the naturalistic way teachers already discuss new words in their classrooms by providing a structured pathway for word learning, ensuring children learn the words well enough to understand and use them effectively.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Parents and Children Together (PACT)

    PACT is a programme of therapy for young children, aged 3 to 6, with speech sound difficulties, which is an approach that can be used by speech and language therapists. During therapy the speech and language therapist (SLT) involves parents and significant others, possibly including teachers.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Visual approaches to support speech and language

    The underpinning reasoning for this approach is that children who have language learning difficulties often show strengths in their visual skills (Archibold & Gathercole, 2006). The approach covers a wide range of ways of supporting children’s language learning through the use of additional visual clues.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Metaphon

    Metaphon is an approach for speech and language therapists who are working with children who have unclear speech due to phonological impairment. Metaphon (Dean, Howell, Hill & Waters, 1990; Dean, Howell, Waters & Reid, 1995) is a cognitive-linguistic treatment that aims to increase metalinguistic awareness as a means of improving phonological change and speech sound production (Gierut, 1998).

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Palin parent-child interaction therapy

    Palin Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) therapy is an approach for managing stammering in children aged 7 years and under, developed at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children (MPC). It is aimed at helping parents identify and develop interaction styles within the family setting which promote their child’s natural fluency.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative