Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
social language intervention, children, SLI, specific language impairment
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Communication Disorders
Abstract
In this pilot study, I investigated the efficacy of an experimental social skills intervention program for children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). As there is a limited amount of research related to the treatment of the social skills of these children, it was my hope that such a pilot study would supply important information for future research in this area. For my research, I evaluated whether a specialized social skills intervention program produced improved social interactions in 4 children with SLI. To do this, I studied the behavioral changes of children in both a traditional language intervention group and a social skills training group. Observing any differences between these two groups, I then analyzed whether further implementation of the specialized intervention should be done in the larger population and whether there were aspects of the study which could be improved so that results could be more reliable and intervention could be more effective.
Recommended Citation
Mueller, Sarah Johnson and Fujiki, Dr. Martin
(2013)
"The Efficacy of Social Language Intervention on Children with Specific Language Impairment—A Pilot Study,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/12