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Building Complex Language

NCT01337232 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2013-11-25

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Language Development Disorders
  • Learning Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Complex sentence treatment protocol

Treatment: listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities that teach three types of complex sentences. Individual sessions are 40 minutes in length, delivered by or under the supervision of a certified, trained speech-language pathologist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rush University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Governors State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Catherine H Balthazar, PhD · Governors State University

  • Cheryl M Scott, PhD · Rush University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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