Whole Language and Representational Theories Helping Children to Build a Network of Associations

摘要: —Many professionals are interested in whole language intervention, but unsure what it “looks like,” goals and objectives can be addressed such naturalistic contexts, techniques used to achieve those goals. These issues become clearer when the speech-language pathologist (SLP)has an understanding of some current theories learning use that consistent with language. This article briefly discusses these theories, including lexical contrast, connectionism, schemata, event representations. As discussed, direct application is made examples interactions between SLPs children provided.