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This self-study provides insight into the development of vocabulary as it pertains to reading comprehension, language labs, and AAC devices. In addition, the relationship between working memory and vocabulary is explored, as is the significance of evidence in guiding decisions about vocabulary development.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• apply evidence based practice to vocabulary development with young children with language impairment
• describe the contribution of working memory plays in vocabulary acquisition
• identify strategies for vocabulary development/intervention for students with learning disabilities, with regard to reading comprehension
• explain the writing lab approach for developing vocabulary for written expression
• list the issues and practices that should be considered when working on vocabulary with culturally and linguistically diverse students
• relate the use of AAC devices to the development of reading and writing vocabulary

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