Intervention Theory
The clinician will integrate multiple theories that will support a single group of researchers who conducted a case study that proposed the two theories with the purpose of obtaining the most current information regarding language difficulties, social communication difficulties, and the outcomes it provides when working with school-age children. The theories identified during this research were Biological Maturation and Social Interactionism. The clinician will further indicate the relationship between neuronal function in the process of language and the theory selected.
Biological Maturation The clinician will base Kathy’s intervention plan on the Biological Matuarion Theory by
Norman Geschwind. According to Norman Geschwind (1984), this theory focuses on physical and mental development. It proposes that language acquisition is produced through the structures and functions of the brain. Since, certain regions of the brain play vital roles in language and literacy learning, damage to these regions may cause serious deficits in language. If a child suffers from a neurological problem, it is believed that the problem lies within the child (Nelson, 2010, pg. 58-59). This theory exemplifies Kathy’s language development because as mentioned in the case history, Kathy acquired a closed head injury at an early age when language development was still occurring. According to Rowe, Levine, Fisher, and Goldin-Meadow (2009) children with larger lesions in the
Response to Intervention (RtI) came about initially in answer to the over-identification of struggling students as special education students. It was developed starting in the late 1970s by numerous researchers seeking a method of identifying learning disabilities that avoids the problems of the discrepancy model. Many educators were concerned that too many students were being identified as having a learning disability, not because they actually had one, “but because they had not been successful in a general education program” (Prasse, 2010). Many were also concerned that students with a true learning disability were not receiving the help they needed quickly enough. Before RtI, the accepted
This paper focuses on the Response to Intervention. As educators we are hearing RTI more frequently in the school districts than ever before. Many educators and state officials agree that all teachers should know and get to know the benefits and importance of RTI. The most crucial aspect to know is the RTI takes place into the regular childhood classroom; this is not something that just special education teachers need to know. This paper explains the purpose and a brief history of RTI. The paper offers ways that it is beneficial for school districts to implement this research based program. However, as in many systems there are always challenges, the paper briefly discusses some of the challenges that educators
The earliest peer reviewed research on communication variables was from the 1980s. As we move forward into further developing the research a question to consider is how communication methods affects the physical development of the brain. This would be a difficult subject matter for a child psychologist to tackle alone. It would take collaboration to be able to study and map neural connections in the brain related to aural/oral methods and manual methods. However, it is vital to see how nonverbal communications impact brain development and communitive development in deaf children and
The level of a child’s communication skills can have an effect on most areas of development. If a child is struggling with communication and language they
Communication and Intellectual developments are closely linked together as a child requires the language in order to think and learn. If they have limited
Specific language disorders, or SLI, affect approximately 7-8% of children in kindergarten. SLI are diagnosed in children, mostly, age 3 and older. The relatively late diagnosis is done to distinguish the children that have SLI from those who are simply “late talkers”. Some of the characteristics of SLI involve problem in only one area and some with problems in all areas of language. The children who are diagnosed with SLI may have a delayed vocabulary growth, disinterest in engagement in social interactions relevant to their age, difficulty in comprehension and/or production in any of the following: morphology, semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. For example, a 4.8 year old child that does not engage in social interactions
There may be a recognised syndrome or disorder that causes language difficulty for the child and is not able to communicate with others. The child may have a lack of stimulation and support to provide the rich language experience necessary to develop speech, language and communication skills. For example at school, the setting may not have an enabling environment to stimulate the child’s different interests necessary for acquiring language. The books, music, songs and so on may not stimulate and interest the child.
Speech, language and communication difficulties can have a profound and lasting effect on children’s lives and development. These can affect their ability to communicate and interact with others. The impact of these difficulties will vary depending on the severity of the problems, the support they receive, the demands of the child’s environment
Disability is when a child or young person has special education needs, which stands for SEN. The children's and families act 2014 states that "If she or he has a learning disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her".
But “if there is a difficulty understanding what people say, difficulty speaking or forming sounds or words and using language in appropriate social contexts then this can affect a child’s behaviour and emotional development”. (Speech, Language Communication Action Plan 2011)
“Of all forms of mental activity, the most difficult to induce even in the minds of the young, who may be presumed not to have lost their flexibility, is the art of handling the same bundle of data as before, but placing them in a new system of relations with one another by giving them a different framework, all of which virtually means putting on a different kind of thinking-cap for the moment. It is easy to teach anybody a new fact…but it needs light from heaven above to enable a teacher to break the old framework in which the student is accustomed to seeing.”
EBIs to reduce disruptive behavior and increase academic achievement can include trainings and implementation support at the school, class-wide, and individual student-level, and are often either academic or behavioral in nature. Overall, implementation of both universal (i.e. class-wide) and targeted (i.e. student-level) interventions have demonstrated positive impacts on decreasing disruptive behaviors and increasing student academic achievement (Flower, McKenna, Bunuan, Muething, & Vega, 2014; Vannest, Davis, Davis, Mason, & Burke, 2010).Ross, Romer, and Horner (2012) also found that teachers in schools implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports with high fidelity
State interventions become complex when the severity of the illness is considered. If a child is ill, but not ill enough, the state is unable to intervene on the child’s behalf. It is only when the child becomes life-threateningly ill that the state is able to step in (Hirasawa, 2006, p. 322). The inclusion of potentially disabling and disfiguring illnesses has been proposed (Hirasawa, 2006, p. 324). The severity of illness complicates state intervention further when the child is stricken with a fatal illness that has a treatment but only provides a small chance of survival. The state has to choose between its mandates of saving the child’s life and preventing harm. In less severe cases, the state may not be inclined to intervene as a
For the most part, The GREAT intervention is taught to the participants how it was designed by the law enforcement officers who created the program. In order to determine if the GREAT program is being implemented as designed, interviews, observations, and surveys must be conducted by the personnel from the Department of Justice. First, the population that the program targeted are students in elementary and middle school, which is the group of individuals that often participate in the GREAT intervention. Also, the classrooms that are part of the intervention are selected by the school’s administrators and the students need to get permission from their parents before participating. Both these steps are conducted immediately by both the school’s staff and students.
Speech and language delays can be problematic for preschoolers, school aged children and adolescents. These delays range in degree of severity and have many causes; physical and developmentally. Communication plays a specific and important role to all people, especially, preschool children who are developing speech and language skills at fast rate. The consequences of these delays can be devastating for the children affected and can follow them into adulthood. These effects may include academic problems, social and emotional issues and may even lead into mental illness. Children with speech and language delays need professional intervention as young as possible. However even with intervention, some children are still at risk of suffering