Victoria L. Joffe|Kate Cain|Nataša Mari?
Comprehension problems in children with specific language impairment: does mental imagery training help?
City, University of London|Lancaster University
children specific language impairment experience story comprehension deficits research typically developing children poor comprehenders poor readers shown use mental imagery aids comprehension storiesto evaluate effectiveness intervention programme use mental imagery improve literal inferential comprehension children specific language impairmentnine children specific language impairment trained produce mental images sentences stories five 30min sessions ability answer literal inferential questions short narratives assessed pre postintervention compared performance 16 sameage typically developing controlsthe intervention improved questionanswering performance children specific language impairment literal inferential questions improvement significant literal questionsthe findings demonstrate relatively short intervention use mental imagery effective way boost story comprehension children specific language impairment