Teaching story grammar components to increase oral narrative ability: A group intervention study

The current research investigated the effectiveness of a narrative intervention method aiming to improve oral narrative ability in 8- to 10-year-old children with developmental language disorder (DLD) ( n = 6). Oral narrative ability was assessed through a narrative retelling and a narrative generation task of which both the narrative microstructure and narrative macrostructure were analysed. A debating intervention was included as a control condition ( n = 6). It was found that, after 10 weeks of narrative intervention, children significantly ( p < .05) improved their storytelling abilities at a microstructural level: mean length of utterance; grammaticality; fluency; and complexity, as well as at a macrostructural level: the number of story grammar elements. The alternative intervention only yielded significant results on the number of story grammar elements, not on any microstructural skills. The narrative intervention is effective in targeting and improving both narrative micro- and macrostructure and is easily applicable in classrooms with DLD children.

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The Effect of Preoperative Video Based Pain Training on Postoperative Pain and Analgesic Use in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Non-randomized Control Group Intervention Study

Clinical Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/1054773820983361 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105477382098336

Author(s):

Ceyda Su Gündüz ◽

Nurcan Çalişkan

Keyword(s):

Total Knee Arthroplasty ◽

Postoperative Pain ◽

Knee Arthroplasty ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Total Knee ◽

Randomized Control ◽

Analgesic Use

This non-randomized control group intervention study was conducted to determine the effect of preoperative video based pain training on postoperative pain and analgesic use in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. During the study, the patients in the control ( n = 40) received routine care and the patients in the intervention group ( n = 40) received video based pain training. İt was determined that the mean postoperative pain scores of the intervention group were significantly lower and their pain management was better compared to the control group ( p < .05). The intervention group was found to use significantly less paracetamol on operation day compared to the control group ( p < .05). The intervention group was determined to benefit from non-pharmacological methods more than the control group did ( p < .05). Providing video based pain training to patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty is recommended since it reduces postoperative pain levels and increases the use of non-pharmacological pain control methods.

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Effects of a Story Grammar Intervention With Repeated Retells for English Learners With Language Impairments

Communication Disorders Quarterly ◽

10.1177/1525740117751897 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 15-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rhonda D. Miller ◽

Vivian I. Correa ◽

Antonis Katsiyannis

Keyword(s):

English Learners ◽

Single Case ◽

Language Impairments ◽

Oral Narrative ◽

Future Research ◽

Syntactic Complexity ◽

Story Grammar ◽

Complexity Measures ◽

Narrative Skills ◽

Multiple Probe

This study investigated the effects of a narrative intervention that employed repeated story retells and a Story Grammar Marker on the oral narrative skills of Spanish-speaking English learners with language impairments. Four third- and fourth-grade students participated in the study. Using a single-case multiple probe across participants design, the authors measured three dependent variables: narrative organization skills, narrative productivity, and syntactic complexity. As a result of the intervention, stories became more cohesive and scores for narrative organization increased by approximately 7 points from baseline to intervention across participants. Smaller effects for narrative complexity and syntactic complexity measures were noted. Implications for future research and for practice are provided.

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Sandplay therapy on infant sleep disorders group intervention study

Sleep Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.sleep.2017.11.1040 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. e352-e353

Author(s):

T. Yan ◽

P. Fei ◽

S. Yingjie ◽

H. Guirong ◽

Y. Liyuan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sleep Disorders ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Infant Sleep ◽

Sandplay Therapy

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Family Caregiver Stress: Clinical Assessment and Management

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610289000190 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 185-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Beverly A. Baldwin ◽

Karen M. Kleeman ◽

Georgia L. Stevens ◽

Joyce Rasin

Keyword(s):

Support Group ◽

Stress Reduction ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Random Assignment ◽

Symptom Experience ◽

Control Groups ◽

Effective Interventions ◽

And Coping ◽

Over Time

This intervention study compares the effectiveness of two approaches on caregiving stress reduction. Caregivers' psychobiological symptom experience and coping were profiled over time by identifying the types of stress-related symptoms most frequently experienced. Following pretesting (and selected matching procedures) using family functioning, coping, stress and mental status instruments, random assignment of caregivers was made to one of four groups: educative/didactic, psychotherapeutic/support, placebo, or control. Patients were tested at the end of eight weekly 2-hour sessions and again at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month intervals after treatment. Although both the educative and psychotherapeutic groups were effective interventions for the reduction of strain, the psychotherapeutic/support group was the most effective over time, both at posttest and at the 3-month intervals. Neither group intervention was more effective than the control groups in reducing other types of stress, including anxiety, somatization, or depression. The psychobiological symptoms experienced by caregivers peaked at crisis periods in the caregiving trajectory, or when multiple demands were made of the caregiver during any one point in time.

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