THE USE OF SCRIPTED PLAY IN SPEECH PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Keywords:
MLU, scripted play, disabilities
Abstract
This article used scripted play as a language intervention strategy to increase the mean length of utterance (MLU) for three young children with disabilities. The findings of this study show that the MLU for all three children increased when scripted play was used. All the children also further increased their MLU during post intervention.Downloads
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Goldstein, H., & Cisar, C. (1992). Promoting interaction during socio-dramatic play: Teaching scripts to typical preschoolers and classmates with disabili¬ties. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 25, 265-280. [CrossRef]
Goldstein, H., Wickstrom, S., Hoyson, M., & Jamison, B. (1988). Effects of socio¬dramatic script training on social and communication interaction. Education and Treatment of Children, 11(2), 97-117.
Lifter, K., Sulzer-Azaroff, B., Anderson, S., & Cowdery, G. (1993). Teaching play activities to preschool children with disabilities: The importance of developmental considerations. Journal of Early Intervention, 17(2), 139-159. [CrossRef]
Miller, J. F. (1981). Assessing language production in children: Experimental procedures. Baltimore: University Park Press.
Neeley, P., Neeley, R., Justen, J., & Tipton-Sumner, C. (2001). Scripted play as a language intervention strategy for preschoolers with developmental disabilities. Early Childhood Education Journal, 28(4), 243-246. [CrossRef]
Schank, R., & Abelson, R. (1977). Scripts, plans, goals, and understanding: An inquiry into human knowledge structures. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Published
2007-10-01
How to Cite
Chong, R. (2007). THE USE OF SCRIPTED PLAY IN SPEECH PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. K@ta, 9(1), 19-33. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.9744/kata.9.1.19-33
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