Language Therapy

Language Therapy offers a comprehensive approach to dealing with the problem of language delay using therapy based on the LARSP and the Laura Lee frameworks.

Introduction. Book One - Guidelines for Assessment and Therapy. 1. Assessment - the Baseline of Therapy. 2. Planning a Session. 3. The Importance of Reception. 4. Creating Relevance and Context: situtational; intentional linguistic; listener and conversational. 5. Motivation. 6. Techniques. 7. Equipment. 8. Home Visiting. 9. School Vist. Summary Book Two - LARSP - Techniques and Suggestions for each Stage. 1. Stage 1: Vocalisation and the First Lexicon. 2. LARSP - Stage I. 3. Stages II-IV - Developing Language Complexity. 4. Stage II - Clauses. 5. Stage III - Expansions. 6. Transition to Stage IV - Expansions. 7. Stage IV - Clauses. 8. Stage V - Clauses, Phrases, Word. 9. Stage VI - (+) New types of construction, (-) Errors made on all previous constructions. Book Three - Therapy with Special Grammatical Categories: The Phrasal Component. Introduction. 1. Determiners: The article: the , a(n). 2. Pronouns: Definition and description. 3. Verbs: Definition and description. 4. The Negative: Definition and description. 5. Questions: Definition and description. 6. Conjunctions: Definition and description. 7. Adverbs: Definition and description. 8. Adjectives: Definition and description. 9. Prepositions: Definition and description. Activities to teach prepositions. Metaphorical use of prepositions. Conclusion. Bibliography.