Author: Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP
What are specific areas to target for writing treatment at the sentence-level? ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐โโฃ
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When treating agaraphia at the sentence-level, syntax and morphology are areas that may be contributing to writing difficulties โ๐ผ โฃ
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Treatments targeting these areas include:โฃ
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ (๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ): this approach focuses on retraining thematic roles within sentences (e.g., WHO is doing WHAT). A heavy emphasis is placed on identifying the agent, theme, and verb of a sentence.โฃ
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๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ (๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฑ): in this treatment, a variety of complex sentence types are trained that allow for generalization to simpler, linguistically-related sentences. This treatment employs principles of the Complexity Account of Treatment Efficacy, which allows for such nice generalization effects! โฃ
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๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ถ-๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ด): this approach targets verb inflection through sentence-picture matching and sentence production tasks. Suffixes such as present progressive-ing or regular past tense -ed can really make text formulation difficult if morphological skills are compromised!โฃ
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๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ): in this treatment, subject-verb-object (SVO) sentences are trained with a consistent tense (such as present progressive -ing). This approach utilizes a โcue-and-copyโ method in which clients are given scaffolding to generate written language and then provided written models as needed.โฃ
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Consider trying out some of these approaches in your writing treatment! ๐๐ผ ๐โฃ
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