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100			_aSwapna, N
245		0	_aIntervention Module to Train Speech and Language Skills for Children from Birth to Six Years
260			_c2015
270			_aAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570 006
270			_mnsn112002@yahoo.com
300			_a134-152
490			_vVolume 34
520			_aThe present study aimed at developing an intervention module to train speech and language skills in children between birth to six years. The intervention module comprised of a checklist to assess speech and language skills and activities to enhance the same. The checklist was prepared and nalized by establishing various measures of validity and reliability. This was then administered to 365 typically developing children in the age group of birth to six years for standardizing the same. This checklist was also administered on children with hearing impairment and intellectual decit. Activities were prepared for each item in the checklist. Following the baseline assessment, specic items and activities were provided to the parents/caregivers to train at home with specic instructions on regular and systematic documentation of responses. They were followed up periodically. The post training scores were compared with the pre trainingscores which revealed statistically signicant improvement in the scores in both the groups of children. It can be concluded from the study that the checklist was useful in identifying the baseline levels and the activities in the module were eective in training the children with hearing impairment and intellectual decit. Future investigations can include the validation of the module on children with other communication disorders.
653			_aSpeech-language Checklist, Intervention Module, Hearing Impairment, Intellectual Deficit
700			_aGeetha, YV
700			_aJayaram, M
700			_aManjula, PV
700			_aPrema K.S Rao
773			_aJournal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
856			_uhttp://192.168.102.7/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/861/547
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