Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI
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Lisa Archibald
Abstract
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) may be best thought of as probabilistically determined by multiple risk and protective factors. It follows from this that the underlying deficits in SLI may vary requiring different approaches to treatment and allowing for the possibility of different strengths or facilitative effects. Not surprisingly, a range of interventions have been developed. This chapter reviews available approaches and evidence in light of theories related to SLI deficits in domain-specific or domain-general processes, and evidence tapping potential protective factors related to SLI. Finally, the optimization of variables that support the learning context are discussed. The goal is to provide an overview of theoretically motivated SLI therapy from which specific interventions matched to particular children’s profiles can be developed.
Abstract
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) may be best thought of as probabilistically determined by multiple risk and protective factors. It follows from this that the underlying deficits in SLI may vary requiring different approaches to treatment and allowing for the possibility of different strengths or facilitative effects. Not surprisingly, a range of interventions have been developed. This chapter reviews available approaches and evidence in light of theories related to SLI deficits in domain-specific or domain-general processes, and evidence tapping potential protective factors related to SLI. Finally, the optimization of variables that support the learning context are discussed. The goal is to provide an overview of theoretically motivated SLI therapy from which specific interventions matched to particular children’s profiles can be developed.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
- Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
- Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
- Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
- Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
- The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
- Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
- Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
- Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
- The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
- Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
- Index 319
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction 1
- The Genetics of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) 7
- Language disorders in children with Developmental Dyslexia 35
- Is there an overlap between Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia? New insights from French 57
- Comparing SLI and dyslexia: developmental language profiles and reading outcomes 89
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is not specific enough: Sub-types of SLI and their implications for the theory of the disorder 113
- Memory profiles of children with SLI 125
- The relationship between SLI in English and Modern Greek 145
- Null Subjects in Monolingual and Bilingual, Typical and Atypical Development 175
- Quantification in Catalan SLI 191
- Specific Language Impairment in German Children 215
- The acquisition of past tense by Greek-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment 253
- Theory Motivated Therapy Studies of SLI 287
- Index 319
