Contextulazied Language Intervention

A breakthrough resource for speech–language pathology students and practitioners, Contextualized Language Intervention guides readers in providing intervention in the context of meaningful, literacy-based activities while still maintaining a therapeutic focus. Leaders in the field explain methods grounded in sound theory and backed by scientific research. Each chapter contains practical ideas you can use to develop students’ skills in: Narrative and Expositive Structures, Morphosyntax, Vocabulary, Peer Interactions, Culture of the Classroom, Emergent Literacy, Phonemic Awareness, Reader’s Theatre and Children’s Literature, Text Comprehension, and Self-Regulation.
Leading experts describe intervention methods that emphasize RISE:
Repeated opportunities for Intensive interaction with systematic Scaffolding of Explicitly targeted skills. Readers learn to maintain a therapeutic focus, while engaging children in meaningful, literacy-based activities.
IDEA and NCLB require research-based intervention that targets progress in the curriculum. Each chapter of Contextualized Language Intervention gives you exactly that. You get clear descriptions and examples of motivating, curriculum-based intervention which maintain a therapeutic focus.