Re: Increasing Receptive language

[Guest guest]

formydear9 and group,

Have you done your 6YO daughter's assessment using the ABLLS? If

not,that is your next step. You can order this assessment from Different

Roads to Learning,an online store. It will assess your daughter's skills

and show you exactly what to teach.

,Colin P's mom

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:13 PM, formydear9 <formydear9@...> wrote:

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> Hello everyone - happy New Year!Sorry about the cross post.

> I am looking for ideas on how to work on improving the receptive language

> for my 6 yr old daughter. She talks more than she can understand, her

> problem is understanding. She understands basic stuff but very limited. How

> can I help her to increase her undersatnding and relatedness? Anyone ou

> there with these issues and what worked for you? At this point, I want her

> to understand what the instruction is, what is asked of her, if she gets it

> she can do it, but most of the time she doesn't udnerstand what is being

> asked...I am really desperate for help. I bought this " teach me language "

> book, but it's much above her level beacuse she can't understand what's

> being told to her.

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> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

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>

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[Guest guest]

I second 's suggestion on the ABLLS-R assessment, and perhaps the VB-MAPP.

We have " Teach Me Language " , but I know what you mean - even though the authors

state that compliance is the main prerequisite, we found it hard to use until

some basic skills and conceptual understanding was established (and I am not

fond of the layout). That said, there are good suggestions on what/how to teach,

once that is appropriate.

Another suggestion of a structured program is SRA's Direct Instruction program

" Language for learning " (which has a current 2008 edition)

It's pricey - $$$, so lower cost close equivalents are the 1999 previous

edition, or Distar Language I. You can find both on eBay from time to time.

Here's a placement test for Language for Learning 2008 to get a handle on how a

child would be placed in the program

https://www.sraonline.com/download/LanguageforLearning2008/PlacementTest/Lang_fo\

r_Learning_Placement_Test.pdf

SRA also has an online support community for DI users with descriptions of

curriculum packages and more placement tests.

http://www.sradirectinstruction.com/

Engelmann's " Low Performer's Manual " 158pp. gives skill prerequisites for entry

into Distar Language I/Language for Learning, and describes skill goals and how

to teach basic skills. There is also a brief assessment of language level and

comprehension starting on page 71.

http://www.zigsite.com/PDFs/LowPerfManual.pdf

There's some stuff about aversive feedback in this manual, or at least was so in

the past, because this was originally authored in the 1970's, but for the

purposes of this, what you are looking for are those prerequisites and skill

mastery, and Engelmann is a master of assessment of instructional design and

gives useful information about where misunderstandings might arise from.

Regards,

Regina

Regina Claypool-Frey

http://www.precisionteaching.com