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KMID : 0375920060240020045
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Journal of Rehabilitation Science
2006 Volume.24 No. 2 p.45 ~ p.67
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The Effects of Language Intervention with the Pretend-play to Improve Expressive Language of the Children with Mental Retardation
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Yoo Sook-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of language intervention with the pretend-play to children with mental retardation in their expressive language. The object was to increase the frequency of 2-word construction of speech production. A multiple probe design across subjects was utilized. The intervention lasted for 40 minutes, and practiced 3 times a week. The pretend-play program consisted of two situations. one was ’daily play’, and the other was ’hospital play’. The intervention of each session was evaluated by the pretend-play program and the results were recorded in percentage. The hospital-play was activated after intervention of the daily-play attained their goal. The results were as follows; Firstly, language intervention with the daily-play program was effective to increase the frequency of 2-word construction of speech to the children with mental retardation. Secondly, language intervention with the hospital-play program was effective to increase the frequency of 2-word construction of speech to the children with mental retardation. Thirdly, language intervention with the pretend-play program increased the frequency of 2-word construction of spontaneous speech and decreased the frequency of 2-word construction of demanded speech to the children with mental retardation.
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