Videos
SUGAR 01: Intro to SUGAR
SUGAR 02: Basis for SUGAR
SUGAR 03: Collecting a Sample
SUGAR 04: Transcribing a Language Sample
SUGAR 05: Steps in a Quick Analysis
SUGAR 06: SUGAR Norms
SUGAR 07: Sub-Analysis Background
SUGAR 07: Sub Analysis
Tools
Handouts
Below you’ll find material helpful in language sample analysis (LSA). The “SUGAR Procedures” handout outlines the general process explained in the videos teaching modules. LSA requires decision-making and the “LSA FAQs” should help with some of these. The “New Norms” will aid you in making a determination about whether or not a child’s language is impaired. Finally, the descriptions of noun phrase and verb phrases found in “NPs & VPs” will be helpful in completing your sub-analysis to identify potential intervention targets.
Sub-Analysis Forms
At each age children’s utterances contain elements common to that age. The forms below can be used with a child’s chronological or developmental age to help you readily identify elements that are present. If some of the terminology is new, see the “NPs & VPs” handout in the “Handouts” section and review the “SUGAR 07: Sub Analysis Background” module. A completed sub-analysis can help you identify potential intervention targets.
Intervention
Below you’ll find resource materials for intervention. These are not programs or recommended methods but are meant to aid you by providing myriad resources and techniques for intervention. We’ve taken the time to research available resources and to offer them for you to consider.
Practice Samples
After you’re familiar with the SUGAR methodology, try your hand with a few practice language samples. When you’re finished, check the “Decision” file to see how we would have done it. We’ll add new samples and more complex analysis as we go.