Building Complex Language

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Language Development Disorders, Learning Disorders

In brief

This study is designed to examine how much therapy is needed in order to make significant gains in knowledge and use of complex sentences. Students will be randomly placed in individual treatment sessions that take place either once or twice per week for nine weeks. All will receive the same type of treatment, which consists of a focused series of oral and written language activities. While it is anticipated that students in both groups will benefit from treatment, we hypothesize that the twice-weekly session frequency will have a significantly greater impact on level of performance and maintenance of skills after treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01337232

Run by

Governors State University

People needed

31

Starts

2011-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-11-25

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Disability: documented language or learning disorder
• Nonverbal IQ within 1 standard deviation of mean for age
• Oral language score 1 or more standard deviations below mean for age
• Problem areas: difficulty with language in any of the following areas - reading comprehension, writing, following verbal instructions, verbal expression

You may not qualify if…

• hearing impairment
• autism spectrum disorder
• developmental delay
• genetic syndrome
• brain injury
• cerebral palsy
• seizure disorder

Where it is running

• Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Governors State University — University Park, Illinois, United States

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