ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on an intervention programme to enhance the understanding and facilitating the expression of narratives or stories in students with varied speech, language and communication needs in the later primary years and in secondary schools. The programme has been piloted on a group of 12-13-year old secondary school students and has been found to be effective in improving the storytelling skills of this age group. Specific aims of the narrative intervention programme are to: introduce the concept of narratives and identify their role and use in language, communication and social interaction; identify different types of narratives and provide examples for each type; and so on. One of the best aspects of working on narratives is that children tend to enjoy the process of telling stories and see it as a FUN activity. The narrative programme comprises of 21 sessions of approximately 50-60 minutes in duration.
