Develop Students’ Vocabulary Skills with an Evidence-Based Program
Help students develop their vocabulary, understand the meanings of words and the relationships between them, and develop an understanding of figurative language.
Why are vocabulary skills important?
Vocabulary allows you to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, and is considered an important skill to develop. By focusing on vocabulary, students can improve all areas of communication — listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Vocabulary is considered critical to students’ long-term success.
Vocabulary Program Highlights
At Amplio, we focus on helping your students develop their vocabulary skills. Some program highlights are shown below for reference. Want to see more? Our programs are always growing based on feedback from our team of experts.
Teaching tools for comprehension and expressive use of vocabulary and semantic concepts
Materials available for all stages of language development
- Examples of Early Language Development: Identification of nouns and verbs in field of 2-3, early developing prepositions
- Examples of Higher Level Language Development: deriving meaning of Tier 2 vocabulary from context, inferring the meaning of analogies and idioms
Activities available to support teaching of various semantic concepts
- Parts of speech: nouns, vebes, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, negation, prepositions, pronouns, etc.
- Categories and sorting: category inclusion and exclusion, compare and contrast, convergent and divergent naming
- Definitions and descriptions: attributes and physical descriptions, actions and functions, etc.
- Figurative Language: multiple meanings, similes, metaphors, analogies, etc.
Standards Alignment for Vocabulary
The Amplio Vocabulary Program is aligned to educational standards, including the Common Core Standards, as well as other state standards.
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Intervention Scenario: Vocabulary Therapy
Example | Vocabulary in a Self-Contained Setting for Autism & Intellectual Disabilities
After I finish my group lesson in my therapy room, I travel to the self-contained autism classroom.
Example | Vocabulary in a Mixed Group Therapy Setting
When my students walk into the therapy room, I have my computer open and waiting, and four students sit down at my horseshoe table.
Data Points
Minutes of Interventions
Learning Paths
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Comprehension
Grow students’ ability to understand and process language
Fluency
Drive speech fluency for increasing complex language demands
Literacy
Learn how to read, speak, and listen to communicate effectively
Narrative Language
Improve the ability to use narrative language for storytelling
Social Communication
Help students use appropriate communication in social situations
Speech Production
Develop sound production and auditory discrimination skills
Syntax & Morphology
Acquire skills in sentence and word structure
All Speech-Language Programs
Help students use appropriate communication in social situations
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