The purpose of this paper is to describe a transdisciplinary preschool programme for
handicapped children where the speech-language pathologist is a member of the
teaching team in a self-contained classroom. Specific language training is the focus
of all daily activities, facilitating the extraction and use of grammatical rules.
All activities centre around a specific language topic. A sample weekly lesson plan
is provided.
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