Creation and Use of Worksheets for Younger School-age Children with Specific Language Impairment

The diploma thesis deals with the topic of speech therapy intervention and its specifics in children of younger school age with developmental dysphasia, taking into account the practical use of worksheets. The theoretical part of the work characterizes the child's development in the period of younger school age with an emphasis on the development of cognitive and language abilities and the definition of the terms language, speech and communication. In the theoretical part of the thesis developmental dysphasia is described as a complex disruption of communication skills affecting the child's functioning in the educational process. In conclusion, space is devoted to the introduction of developmental dysphasia speech therapy intervention options used in the Czech Republic and abroad. The practical part represents a qualitative research investigation, focusing on verification of the usability of created therapeutic materials for three pupils of younger school age with developmental dysphasia. In the research the method of case studies was used, main methods of data collection were observation and documentation analysis. KEYWORDS younger school age, speech, developmental dysphasia, case study, speech therapy interventio