Table 2.
One story prepared for children in the CSI-based group and one for children who received the TRAD intervention.
| 3S CSI-based story: Clumsy Tyler |
| Finite target verbs: play, kick, fall, lose, jump, step, trip, fix |
| Materials: two boy dolls, mom doll, soccer ball, glasses, soccer goal |
| Hi Tyler! Every day, Tyler plays soccer. Tyler always kicks the ball the best. |
| To his friends, to the other side of the field, quickly back and forth. |
| Today during the soccer game, Tyler kicks the ball so hard that he falls on his back and he loses his glasses! Whoops! |
| Tyler jumps up, but he steps right on the glasses. CRUNCH! |
| Oh no! Tyler can't see the ball without his glasses! |
| Tyler's friend kicks the ball to him, but Tyler trips on the ball and he falls! |
| Oh no! He really cannot see the ball! |
| Quickly, Tyler's Mom fixes the glasses for him. |
| Wow—what a difference! |
| Now Tyler can see again! |
| Tyler kicks the ball really well at the game! |
| To his friends, to the other side of the field, quickly back and forth. |
| Into the goal!! Yay Tyler! This could be his best game yet!! |
| 3S TRAD story: Clumsy Tyler |
| Finite target verbs: play, kick, fall, lose, jump, step, trip, fix |
| Nonfinite target verbs: play, jump, kick |
| Materials: two boy dolls, mom doll, soccer ball, glasses, soccer goal |
| Hi Tyler! |
| Does Tyler play football? Nope … |
| Does Tyler play basketball? No … |
| Does Tyler play soccer? |
| Yes! Tyler plays soccer every day. Tyler always kicks the ball the best. |
| To his friends, to the other side of the field, quickly back and forth. |
| Today during the soccer game, Tyler kicks the ball so hard that he falls on his back and he loses his glasses! Whoops! |
| Does Tyler jump back up? |
| Yes, Tyler jumps up, but he steps right on the glasses. CRUNCH! |
| Oh no! Tyler can't see the ball without his glasses! |
| Does anyone kick the ball to him? |
| Yes, Tyler's friend kicks the ball to him, but Tyler trips on the ball and he falls! |
| Oh no! He really cannot see the ball! |
| Quickly, Tyler's Mom fixes the glasses for him. |
| Wow—what a difference! Now Tyler can see again! |
| Does Tyler kick the ball better now? |
| Yes! Tyler kicks the ball really well at the game! To his friends, to the other side of the field, quickly back and forth. |
| Into the goal!! Yay Tyler! This could be his best game yet!! |
Note. CSI = competing sources of input; TRAD = traditional focused stimulation intervention; 3S = third-person singular present-tense morpheme.