Effective Vocabulary Instruction Strategies for Middle School and High School Students

Course overview

Vocabulary Instruction for Middle and High School Students provides guidance for SLPs to understand and implement evidence-based practices in the classroom environment. As students move into adolescence, it is often challenging to sustain pull-out small group instruction. Students express a dislike of being removed from the classroom, teachers complain that students are missing important content, and decontextualized therapy for adolescents can have limited impact on overall performance within the classroom environment. Because students with language disorders often experience difficulties acquiring new vocabulary in the classroom setting, SLPs must identify new ways of supporting students. SLPs can help teachers utilize effective practices to support vocabulary instruction in the classroom using educational research to guide instructional decision-making. This course shares research on effective practices and offers recommendations for collaboration with teachers.