The effectiveness of individualized morphosyntactic target identification and explicit intervention using the SHAPE CODINGTM system for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and the impact of within-session dosage

titleThe effectiveness of individualized morphosyntactic target identification and explicit intervention using the SHAPE CODINGTM system for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and the impact of within-session dosage
start_date2024/04/22
schedule12h15
onlineno
location_infoPinchat 22, room 003
summaryIn this talk, I will introduce the SHAPE CODINGTM system and present the findings of a recent multiple baseline study investigating its effectiveness in eight children with DLD aged 8;0-10;10 who received ten hours of highly individualized intervention for morphosyntax delivered in 30-minute individual sessions once per week for 20 weeks at three different dosages. Scores on probe tests post-intervention were significantly higher than pre-intervention (d=1.6) and progress during the intervention phase was highly significant. One participant showed significantly faster progress with intervention while one (with the lowest attention) made little progress. All three within-session dosages showed very similar rates of progress, with the odds of a correct response increasing by 3.9% for each teaching episode. The targets that were achieved required an average of 40-60 teaching episodes. With the exception of one participant, the individualized intervention using the SHAPE CODINGTM system was highly effective and efficient. The cumulative number of teaching episodes per target provided across sessions appeared to be key.
responsiblesHadjadj