PURPOSE: providing evidence about the possible contribution of scripts to the narrative development of a group of children with Specific Language Impairment and narrative deficit. METHODS: a program for script-based narrative development intervention is submitted. Twelve preschool children with Specific Language Impairment participated in the current study. They were divided at random in two groups. The intervention was developed in one of these groups and, the other was the control group (mean age of 4;5 for both groups). RESULTS: all children in the experimental group significantly increased their narrative development. Including 50% of them that achieved a narrative level corresponding to their chronological age. No significant increase was noted in the control group. CONCLUSION: the present study shows that using scripts in children with Specific Language Impairment and narrative deficit may be successful in helping them to overcome their difficulties in narrative performance.
Language Disorders; Narration; Language Therapy
