Special Education
Oral Expressive Deficiency

Here are some tips for helping students that have an Oral Expressive Deficiency.

  
  • Allow for practice time
  • Use of picture board
  • Use computer (Hyperstudio, Power Point)
  • ASL
  • Extended wait time
  • Allow for written presentation
  • Pair Share
  • Word Bank
  • Cooperative Learning
  • Teacher provides correct response, child repeats correct response
  • Avoid pressure on students
  • Use language based activities
      increase vocabulary
      synonyms, antonyms
      web related words
      proper responses for question words (who, what, where, why, how)
  • List steps on how to answer questions
      Process question (what is question asking)
      Who (person), when (time), why (reason),where (location)
      Formulate response
      Write or otherwise organize response
      Respond verbally