Comparison of 32 children (ages 5-7) with specific language impairments (SLI) and normally developing children matched for either age or language development found that the SLI children, unlike either control group, performed significantly better for morpheme production tasks in an imitation instruction condition than in a modeling condition.…

The effectiveness of two language treatment methods, modeling versus modeling plus evoked production, in promoting productive vocabulary in three late-talking toddlers was compared. Two subjects differed as to which particular treatment method was associated with better performance. Neither treatment method was effective for the third subject.…

Four toddlers with mental retardation were studied in the context of a multiple baseline across subjects design. Results supported the use of a modified version of milieu teaching to increase intentional requesting by these children. Increased intentional requesting was generalized to interactions with mothers. (Author/DB)