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Using DISTAR Language in a unit for children with language disorders
Author(s) -
GREGORY PAUL,
RICHARDS CHRISTINE,
HADLEY MARY
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1982.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - significant difference , unit (ring theory) , psychology , linguistics , medicine , mathematics education , philosophy
SUMMARY DISTAR Language was used to teach half the children in a unit for language disordered children. Although some children in both groups received speech therapy from the speech therapist and general language work from the teacher, the greatest difference between the groups was in the use of DISTAR Language by the experimental group. The results show that the language of both groups improved to a similar degree, but only the experimental group (which included the most severely affected language and speech disordered children) improved significantly in intelligence. The results are compared with other studies of DISTAR Language and the conclusion is that further studies would be profitable.