Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Expressive Language

Short description

Scaffolding techniques are a collection of instructional procedures the SLP uses to elicit and support the patient’s production of a desired language target and then gradually shifts responsibility to the patient. Scaffolding techniques include modeling, print reference, binary choice, cloze procedure, syntactic and semantic expansion, and comprehension questions. (Bradshaw, et al, 1998; Lovelace & Stewart, 2007; Gillum, et al, 2003; Liboriron & Soto, 2006).

Long description

Scaffolding techniques are a collection of instructional procedures the SLP uses to elicit and support the patient’s production of a desired language target and then gradually shifts responsibility to the patient. Scaffolding techniques include modeling, print reference, binary choice, cloze procedure, syntactic and semantic expansion, and comprehension questions. (Bradshaw, et al, 1998; Lovelace & Stewart, 2007; Gillum, et al, 2003; Liboriron & Soto, 2006).

1. Modeling: SLP produces a target behavior for the patient to imitate (Weismer & Murray-Brank, 1989)
2. Print Reference: SLP uses an illustration to elicit targeted response from patient (Lovelace & Stewart, 2007).
3. Binary Choice: SLP offers the patient two choices of responses (Crystal, et al, 1976)
4. Cloze Procedure: SLP models parts of an utterance and then pauses for the patient to produce words and/or phrases to complete the utterances (Bradshaw, et al, 1998).
5. Syntactic and Semantic Expansion: SLP expands the patient’s incomplete or telegraphic statements into grammatically more complete productions by adding grammar and vocabulary targets (Hubbell, 1977; Bradshaw, et al, 1998; Gillum, et al, 2003).
6. Comprehension Questions: SLP asks the patient a question targeting an appropriate level of complexity (Leonard & Deevy, 2004)