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dc.contributor.author | Hettiarachchi, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-26T10:28:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-26T10:28:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Intellectual Disabilities.2016;20(1):18-33 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-6295 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-6309 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-6295 (Linking) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14184 | |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE, In Scopus | en_US |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Semantics | en_US |
dc.subject | Narration* | en |
dc.subject | Intellectual Disability-rehabilitation | en |
dc.subject | Language Development | en |
dc.subject | Language Therapy-methods | en |
dc.subject | Child | en |
dc.subject | Sri Lanka | en |
dc.title | The Effectiveness of colourful semantics on narrative skills in children with intellectual disabilities in Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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