Focused stimulation

Question 1

What is the target population for focused stimulation?

Answer 1

Late talking Toddlers, SLI, intellectual disability,toddlers in early elementary (increase vocab and grammar)

Question 2

What are the prerequisites for focused stimulation?

Answer 2

joint attention, sustained attention, social engagement, intentional communication stage

Question 3

What are the main components of focused stimulation?

Answer 3

-Repetition (auditory bombardment)
-may or may not try to elicit spontaneous productions (usually not)
-may or may not contain recasting
Need: clinician/parent, child, stimuli related to target word

Question 4

What is statistical learning theory and how does it relate to focused stimulation?

Answer 4

Learning language involves picking up on patterns, focused stimlation helps manipulate those patterns by increasing the frequency, thereby increasing the saliency

Question 5

What is social learning theory?

Answer 5

Based on Bandura’s theory. Learning through modeling/imitation. Need to be able to attend to model.

Question 6

What does the social constructionist theory involve?

Answer 6

Scaffolding to appropriate complexity level

Question 7

What is the transactional model of language development?

Answer 7

Lang. Development a result of reciprocal interactions. If there are not reciprocal interactions, get into a negative feedback spiral

Question 8

How many repetitions are typically used for vocabulary in focused stim?

Answer 8

5-10 exposures per target per session

Question 9

How could you use focused stimulation to address form?

Answer 9

ex: Grammatical morphemes, phonology–words beginning with target sound

Question 10

How could you use focused stimulation to address content?

Answer 10

ex: increase vocab. Use words with sounds in child’s phonetic inventory

Question 11

How could you use focused stimulation to address use?

Answer 11

teaching requests, greetings