Best, W;
Hughes, LM;
Masterson, J;
Thomas, M;
Fedor, A;
Roncoli, S;
Fern-Pollak, L;
... Kapikian, A; + view all
(2018)
Intervention for children with word-finding difficulties: A parallel group randomised control trial.
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
, 20
(7)
pp. 708-719.
10.1080/17549507.2017.1348541.
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Abstract
PURPOSE: The study investigated the outcome of a word-web intervention for children diagnosed with word-finding difficulties (WFDs). METHOD: Twenty children age 6–8 years with WFDs confirmed by a discrepancy between comprehension and production on the Test of Word Finding-2, were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 11) and waiting control (n = 9) groups. The intervention group had six sessions of intervention which used word-webs and targeted children’s meta-cognitive awareness and word-retrieval. RESULT: On the treated experimental set (n = 25 items) the intervention group gained on average four times as many items as the waiting control group (d = 2.30). There were also gains on personally chosen items for the intervention group. There was little change on untreated items for either group. CONCLUSION: The study is the first randomised control trial to demonstrate an effect of word-finding therapy with children with language difficulties in mainstream school. The improvement in word-finding for treated items was obtained following a clinically realistic intervention in terms of approach, intensity and duration.
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