Description: Handbook of Exercises for Language Processing. Use six approaches to improve word finding: associations, themes, definitions, questions, parts of speech, and context. Hundreds of stimuli help clients recall a variety of words. Written in the widely-acclaimed format of the HELP series, these lessons have: -high quality, timeless content -goal-driven activities -appeal for a broad age range -a gradual increase in complexity within and between activities -application to a wide range of developmental and acquired language disorders Stimulate word retrieval and rapid recall with lessons organized by these areas: Automatic Associations Recall words through familiar associations like rhymes, songs, and story titles; common foods, people, nouns, and verbs; name brands; abbreviations, geographical words; and similes, idioms, and proverbs. Themes Descriptive phrases help clients recall 24 words for each theme. The themes are everyday subjects like clothing, school, furniture, forest, and transportation. Definitions Retrieve a variety of words based on their brief definitions. Clients identify objects, actions, and situations; identify items by their word class; and supply opposites and synonyms. Answering Questions Answer wh- questions with word banks, without word banks, and in fill-in-the-blank formats. Parts of Speech Supply nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions using word banks and fill-in-the-blank formats. Using Context Practice word finding with common conversational statements, themes, inferences in sentences, common sayings, and survival words.

Series: Handbook of Exercises for Language Processing

Author: LAZZARI, Andrea

Publisher: Linguisystems

Year Published: 1995

Grade: A6-A

Format: SPI/REPRODUCIBLE