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.
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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
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Earobics
Earobics (Cognitive Concepts, 1997; Diehl, 1999) is a comprehensive computerised intervention program for training phonological awareness and auditory–language processing.
Evidence Rating: Moderate
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Phonology with Reading Programme (P+R)
Phonology with Reading Programme (P+R) is an intervention approach which is inspired by research on reading difficulty. The majority of studies have been concerned with reading of single words and suggest that combining speech sound (phonological) training with reading is successful in facilitating reading development in poor readers.
Evidence Rating: Moderate
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Word
The aim of WORD intervention is to improve children’s word-finding difficulties. Strategies involve encouraging reflection and the use of word finding strategies. As the programme progresses there is an increasing focus on meta-cognition and using words to communicate, as opposed to naming pictures). The intervention has both phonological and semantic components. The intervention evaluation study was conducted in the UK.
Evidence Rating: Moderate
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Thinking together
Thinking together is a dialogue-based approach to the development of children's thinking and learning using talk as a tool for thinking. It connects the development of children's 'thinking skills' to the development of their communication skills and curriculum learning.
Evidence Rating: Moderate
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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
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Parent and children together PACT
Developed by Wendy Rinaldi, the Social Use of Language Programme focuses on Social Communication Skills and Self/Other Awareness. It uses a multi-sensory approach and builds children's knowledge of what they know about social interaction (metacogntion) It aims to support children and adolescents to understand fully the skills being learned, before practising and using them in real-life situation
Evidence Rating: Indicative
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Happy talk
Happy Talk is a language intervention programme that aims to support children between 0 and 6 years living in areas of social disadvantage. It is designed for SLTs to work with parents and early educators in community settings, such as baby clinics, creches, preschools and junior infant classes (the first year of primary school). The programme is embedded in the preschools and homes of socially disadvantaged children with the aim of effecting change in parent and educator behaviour.
Evidence Rating: Indicative
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Oral Language Programme
The Oral Language (OL) programme aims to support language skills of reception age children who have language difficulties. It includes direct instruction to develop vocabulary, inferencing, expressive language and listening skills.
Evidence Rating: Moderate
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