title: Theoretical Principles to Guide the Teaching of Adjectives to Children Who Struggle With Word Learning: Synthesis of Experimental and Naturalistic Research With Principles of Learning Theory.
abstract: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide clinicians with a theoretically motivated and evidence-based approach to teaching adjectives to children who struggle with word learning.
  
  
  
  Given that there are almost no treatment studies to guide this topic, we have synthesized findings from experimental and theoretical literature to come up with a principles-based approach to treatment.
  
  
  
  We provide a sample lesson plan, incorporating our 3 theoretical principles, and describe the materials chosen and methods used during treatment and assessment.
  
  
  
  This approach is theoretically motivated, but it needs to be empirically tested.
authors.forename: Samantha L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ricks
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D009042:Motivation; D013663:Teaching; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014825:Vocabulary