Children with complex learning problems (CLP) need to learn important language and academic skills. These children are often in situations that may not be meaningful to them and hence are too complex for learning to occur. Due to the importance of understanding and telling stories for all children, Nurturing Narratives was developed as a story-based language intervention for children. The model emphasizes comprehension, “tailors” language to the child’s developmental level and stresses social engagement. The acquisition of language and literacy skills is embedded in a variety of story-related activities. The book includes: • A detailed description of the model • Guidelines for implementing the intervention • Instructions for creating materials • Supportive materials such as goals and sample stories
For speech-language pathologists, reading specialists, and special educators, Franke, a speech-language pathologist and clinical psychologist who specializes in story-based language intervention, and Durbin, a pediatric speech-language pathologist who works with children with autism spectrum disorders, detail a story-based language intervention approach that combines building language skills with sharing personal narratives and retelling fictional stories, to help children with language impairments that are complicated by other developmental issues like autism or intellectual disabilities gain narrative skills for social and academic success. Their model consists of simplified or reformulated story content that matches the child's levels of linguistic and cognitive processing to ensure their understanding of the story, and key principles for implementing intervention, including mentoring, creating meaningful and manageable learning content, and facilitating mastery learning. The CD contains appendices and PowerPoint presentations. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
