Mental Imagery Language Impairment. Sli can affect a child s speaking listening reading and writing. Specific language impairment sli is a communication disorder that interferes with the development of language skills in children who have no hearing loss or intellectual disabilities.
Involving mental imagery a verbal one and a mixed one spatial and verbal were used by both blind and sighted participants the use of a pure spatial strategy was a poor choice for blind. Children with specific language impairment experience story comprehension deficits. Research with typically developing children poor comprehenders and poor readers has shown that the use of mental imagery aids in the comprehension of stories.
Does mental imagery training help.
Nine children with specific language impairment were trained to produce mental images for sentences and stories in five 30 min. Mental imagery and v isual impairment hardy 1995 the use of only an internal imagery perspective should not affect the bene ts athletes with visual impairments can gain from mental imagery. Specific language impairment sli is a communication disorder that interferes with the development of language skills in children who have no hearing loss or intellectual disabilities. L cain k maric n.