Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1973

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Special Education

Committee Chair

Hyrum S. Henderson

Second Committee Member

Glenn Madsen

Third Committee Member

Darwin Goodey

Abstract

This paper provided a field test of the expressive and receptive language development program written by the staff of Yakima Valley State School for the persons with developmental disabilities, Selah Washington. The program is a progressive one which was based on the developmental theories of Gesell and Bayley. This study sought to define the parameters of applicability from the program. The subjects, both male, non-institutionalized, persons with developmental disabilities, represented a lower and higher level of functioning than had previously been instructed with this program. The results of the study indicated gains in language development for both subjects.

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