The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial
Purpose: This study compared the effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with specific language impairment. Method: A double-blind superiority trial with cluster randomization was used to compare a cueing procedure, designed to elicit a correct production following an initial...
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| author | Smith-Lock, K. Leitao, Suze Prior, P. Nickels, L. |
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| description | Purpose: This study compared the effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with specific language impairment. Method: A double-blind superiority trial with cluster randomization was used to compare a cueing procedure, designed to elicit a correct production following an initial error, to a recasting procedure, which required no further production. Thirty-one 5-year-old children with specific language impairment participated in 8 small group, classroom-based treatment sessions. Fourteen children received the cueing approach and 17 received the recasting approach. Results: The cueing group made significantly more progress over the 8-week treatment period than the recasting group. There was a medium–large treatment effect in the cueing group and a negligible effect size in the recasting group. The groups did not differ in maintenance of treatment effects 8 weeks after treatment. In single-subject analyses, 50% of children in the cueing group and 12% in the recasting group showed a significant treatment effect. Half of these children maintained the treatment effect 8 weeks later. Conclusion: Treatment that used a structured cueing hierarchy designed to elicit a correct production following a child’s error resulted in significantly greater improvement in expressive grammar than treatment that provided a recast following an error. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-461842017-09-13T14:30:06Z The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial Smith-Lock, K. Leitao, Suze Prior, P. Nickels, L. Purpose: This study compared the effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with specific language impairment. Method: A double-blind superiority trial with cluster randomization was used to compare a cueing procedure, designed to elicit a correct production following an initial error, to a recasting procedure, which required no further production. Thirty-one 5-year-old children with specific language impairment participated in 8 small group, classroom-based treatment sessions. Fourteen children received the cueing approach and 17 received the recasting approach. Results: The cueing group made significantly more progress over the 8-week treatment period than the recasting group. There was a medium–large treatment effect in the cueing group and a negligible effect size in the recasting group. The groups did not differ in maintenance of treatment effects 8 weeks after treatment. In single-subject analyses, 50% of children in the cueing group and 12% in the recasting group showed a significant treatment effect. Half of these children maintained the treatment effect 8 weeks later. Conclusion: Treatment that used a structured cueing hierarchy designed to elicit a correct production following a child’s error resulted in significantly greater improvement in expressive grammar than treatment that provided a recast following an error. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46184 10.1044/2015_LSHSS-14-0041 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Smith-Lock, K. Leitao, Suze Prior, P. Nickels, L. The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial |
| title | The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial |
| title_full | The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial |
| title_fullStr | The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial |
| title_short | The effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with SLI: A randomized clinical trial |
| title_sort | effectiveness of two grammar treatment procedures for children with sli: a randomized clinical trial |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46184 |