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Oral language intervention improves children's writing.
What is it about?
We conducted a study in which typical first graders and one child with autism received six sessions of a oral narrative-based language intervention and monitored the quality of their story writing.
Why is it important?
Most people believe there is a connection from oral language to writing; however, the research that establishes this is correlational not causal. This is the first study to suggest that intervening with an oral language intervention can improve writing skills--evidence of a causal link between oral and written language.