02 Early Emergent Communicators
Parent-Coached Augmented Language Intervention for Toddlers MaryAnn Romski and Rose A. SevcikThis webinar will provides an overview of the intervention outcomes of two clinical research studies with toddlers and their parents. It describes the role of receptive and expressive language skills in early language intervention, the importance of speech generating devices (SGD) in augmented language interventions, parents’ role in augmented language interventions, and the role of augmented language interventions in speech development.
Length: 1:10:13 |
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How to use communication signal inventory to assess & plan intervention for early communicatorsChildren and adults with disabilities use a wide variety of behaviors that are interpreted by listeners as meaningful, many of which are not necessarily produced intentionally even by symbolic communicators. For early communicators that rely heavily on these partner-perceived communication behaviors, it is necessary to have a strategy to record and interpret possible meanings associated with these behaviors so that partners can respond similarly across activities and settings. A communication signal inventory (CSI) is a simple tool that creates an ongoing record of the individual’s signals and context produced, possible interpreted meanings, and planned partner responses to those behaviors, that can be used for anyone from very basic communicators through multiword symbolic communicators. A CSI can be one of the most powerful tools for both assessing communication and developing an intervention plan for basic communicators and it can incorporate a wide variety of communication modalities and strategies in both signals and partner responses. This webinar presents strategies for creating a CSI, categories of possible partner responses that enhance different aspects of communication, and video examples of CSI application for children with disabilities.
Length: 105:33 |
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