This study investigated the effects of script-based and nonscript-based treatment on the language comprehension of four preschool children with mental retardation. The script-based treatment was more effective than the nonscript treatment in facilitating comprehension of the targeted semantic constructions in three of the four subjects. (Author/DB)

Two children (ages four and five) with word-finding deficits characterized largely by semantic substitutions participated in a treatment involving phonological information about target words. Treatment resulted in reduction not only of occasional phonological word-finding substitutions but also of the large number of semantic word-finding…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of an innovative treatment sequence designed to facilitate semantic/pragmatic language development in a 5-year old with high-functioning autism. The independent variable was a treatment sequence emphasizing video vignettes and role plays. Dependent variables included efficient gaze, responding without delays,…