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Title: | The Effectiveness of colourful semantics on narrative skills in children with intellectual disabilities in Sri Lanka |
Authors: | Hettiarachchi, S. |
Keywords: | Semantics Narration* Intellectual Disability-rehabilitation Language Development Language Therapy-methods Child Sri Lanka |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Citation: | Journal of Intellectual Disabilities.2016;20(1):18-33 |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Children diagnosed with intellectual difficulties experience difficulties with narrative skills, due to limited syntactic knowledge. The Colourful Semantics approach with thematic roles and a colour coding system may encourage syntactic development in children experiencingintellectual disabilities. AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of using the Colourful Semantics approach to develop narrative skills in Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking childrendiagnosed with intellectual difficulties. METHODS: Thirty Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking children identified with intellectual difficulties were included. The Colourful Semantics approach was offered twice a week for 6 weeks, facilitated by the class teachers. Pre- and post-intervention narrative skill assessments were undertaken and analysed for content and syntactic structures. RESULTS: The results indicate positive changes post-intervention on the qualitative and quantitative narrative skills measures undertaken on content and syntactic structures. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The Colourful Semantics approach is an effective therapy approach to support development of narrativeskills in children with intellectual difficulties. |
Description: | Indexed in MEDLINE, In Scopus |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14184 |
ISSN: | 1744-6295 (Print) 1744-6309 (Electronic) 1744-6295 (Linking) |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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