The development and validation of materials for use by teachers working with children with LI

This project sought the views of teachers and SLTs about implementing language interventions for children with language impairment within the primary classroom, and how to facilitate this. Participants were teachers and SLTs who had and had not been involved in the cohort study above. The project developed The Language Support Model for Teachers which provides information and hand-outs suitable for teachers and others concerning setting-up and monitoring language interventions; and creating a communication-friendly classroom, developing comprehension monitoring, and teaching vocabulary, later grammar and oral narrative as in the Strathclyde Language Intervention Programme, above. It is available to download from the University of Strathclyde.

1. McCartney, E. (2006) The Language Support Model for Teachers. University of Strathclyde, http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/32808/
2. McCartney, E., Boyle, J., Ellis, S., Turnbull, M. & Kerr, J. (2010). Developing a language support model for mainstream primary school teachers. Child Language, Teaching and Therapy, 26, 3, 359-374.