This study was aimed atclarifying the effects of a Functional Language Intervention in children with language disoders.
Five subjects were selected and two speech-language pathologists engaged in the functional language intervention. In the functiona...
This study was aimed atclarifying the effects of a Functional Language Intervention in children with language disoders.
Five subjects were selected and two speech-language pathologists engaged in the functional language intervention. In the functional language intervention, activities consisted of group time, palying riddles time, following directions time, drawing time, cooking time, word-chain game time, role-playing time, searching for objects based on directions, and recreation game time. To compare pre-treatment with post-treatment in the children with language disorders, repeated-measures ANOVA was used.
The results were as follows;
First, the Functional Language Intervention was effective in improving the number of communicative intentions of children with language disorders. There was a significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the number of communicative intentions.
Second, the Functional Language Intervention was effective in improving the number of semantic relations of children with language disorders. There was a significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the number of semantic relations.
Third, the Functional Language Intervention was effective in improving the overall language abilities of children with language disorders. There was a significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the overall language abilities.