7.1 Intervention

Question 1

intervention planning requires planning…

Answer 1

goals and

goal procedures

Question 2

items that affect intervention

Answer 2

1. developmental hierarchy
2. maintaining factors: sensory-motor, physiological, cognitive, clinical syndromes
3. your belief of different learning theories (a basis for understanding how children learn a language)

Question 3

what are two things that goals can be directed at?

Answer 3

1. the communicative behavior itself, targeting intentional comm. skills
2. the maintaining factors and either eliminating, modify, or compensating for them

Question 4

types of goals

Answer 4

long term
short term
session goals

Question 5

what are three areas that language learning theories can differ in?

Answer 5

1. role of the adult (caretaker, clinician, direct, follow lead)
2. nature of interaction: directive, natural
3. nature of the adult’s responses: reflection, reward, types of rewards

Question 6

operant conditioning

Answer 6

language learning is controlled by the environment

Question 7

intervention techniques from operant conditioning

Answer 7

a selection of stimulus, a response to that stimulus, then an outcome

Question 8

developmental cognitive perspective

Answer 8

language learning involves nonlinguistic and linguistic information; organization of this info results in construction of cognitive mental representations and rules (CFU)

Question 9

intervention techniques based on developmental cognitive theory

Answer 9

providing the student with multiple problem-solving situations in order to give opportunity for language use
clinician’s response should further problem solving

Question 10

social cognitive theory

Answer 10

language is learned through social interaction

Question 11

intervention techniques based on social-cognitive theory

Answer 11

modeling, scaffolding, routines and scripts; influenced concept of dynamic assessment

Question 12

naturalistic theory

Answer 12

a focus on the environment; low structure

Question 13

intervention techniques based on naturalistic theory

Answer 13

interactive, nondirective, low structure, supportive
focus on creating a natural environment
child-led sessions

Question 14

the clinician can modify language input by

Answer 14

using stress, reduction of utterance length, modeling

Question 15

what is self-talk?

Answer 15

a naturalistic technique where the clincian plays with the child and describes what they are doing

Question 16

what is parallel talk?

Answer 16

a naturalistic theory technique where clinican is commenting on the child’s actions, therefore giving him the linguistic form for the things he is focusing on

Question 17

example of “build ups” and “breakdowns” techniques

Answer 17

child says: “the doggy is in the house”
clinician says: “yes the dog is in the house”
clinician says: “yes the dog is in the house, in the house, etc.”