Effectiveness of Language Skills Promotion Package Based on Cognitive Rehabilitation on Cognitive Performance of Children with Specific Language Impairment

The aim of the current study was determining the effectiveness of language skills promotion package based on cognitive rehabilitation on cognitive performance of children with Specific Language Impairment. The present research method was a mixed exploratory type. The statistical population of the research included all children aged 5 to 7 years with Specific Language Impairment who had referred to speech therapy centers in Borujerd in the academic year of 2022-2023, out of which 30 children were selected by purposive sampling method and they were randomly replaced in two experimental and control groups. The tools used included the Wechsler IQ scale for children (fourth version), semi-structured clinical interview and a questionnaire measuring neuropsychological skills in preschool children. In the following, interventions to improve language skills based on cognitive rehabilitation, after designing and evaluating content validity, were presented to the samples of the experimental group during 12 sessions of 45 minutes, and then the data were analyzed by repeated variance analysis. The results showed that the effect of language skills promotion package based on cognitive rehabilitation on the cognitive performance of the experimental group subjects in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages is significant (P < 0.01). In general, it can be said that the language skills promotion package based on cognitive rehabilitation has led to the improvement of cognitive performance in children with Specific Language Impairment, and therefore, this package can be used as an intervention method to improve the cognitive performance of these children.