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The Developmental Language Programme. Results from a Five Year Study
Author(s) -
COOPER JEAN,
MOODLEY MOLLY,
REYNELL JOAN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682827909011346
Subject(s) - psychology , language development , class (philosophy) , developmental psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Summary The setting up and preliminary findings of the Developmental Language Programme have been described in a previous article (1974). This article presents the findings after five years, from 50 children in the language class setting; and 69 children in the parent programme (language “clinic”) under the direction of a speech therapist. In addition to The Wolfson Centre groups, the findings are reported on field trials carried out in local authority class and clinic settings. The large majority of the “programme” children made accelerated progress in all language‐related areas of development. Group comparisons showed that all groups, including the field trials, using the Developmental Language Programme made better progress than (a) children of similar age and handicap having no special help, and (b) those having conventional weekly speech therapy. Practical implications are discussed, including the deployment of speech therapy services.