Effectiveness of vocabulary intervention for older children with (developmental) language disorder

Abstract

The intervention delivered one-to-one by the participants' usual SLT was effective in teaching new vocabulary to older children with language disorders. This shows that older children with language disorders can make progress with direct one-to-one intervention focused on vocabulary.

Vocabulary intervention for adolescents with language disorder: a systematic review

“…, Wright et al . ) reported that assessors were blinded. Two stated that assessment was not blind (Bragard et al .…”

“…); two studies met criteria for class III (Lowe and Joffe , Wright et al . ); and the remaining studies were rated as class IV due to lack of blind assessment or lack of clarity regarding blind assessment.…”

“…The remaining studies (Joffe , Wright et al . ) included participants ranging from 9 to 15 years, but mean ages only were stated, so it is not known exactly how many fell within the 11–16 age range. Where this was the case, group data for multiple ages was considered in the discussion section of this review.…”

“…, Wright et al . ); two delivered the intervention in small groups (Joffe , Spencer et al . ); and two delivered it in a whole‐class model (Lowe and Joffe , Murphy et al .…”

“…Wright et al . () implemented a within‐subjects pre‐post study design with 25 participants with language disorder in the same specialist language setting as Ebbels et al . ().…”