Tag: language development
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Before you answer the next email, do one thing to Increase Your Child’s Language
Being present is tough. Demands of emails, text messaging, who’s running for president, and the latest news story require you to keep up. But then you have the responsibility of these little people who are growing, developing, and will be off to college before you know it. On top of this, you see headlines for…
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THE WAITLIST DRAMA
Parents need a partner. Children need a right fit from the therapist that reads journal articles and books and not the one who gets advice by writing on Facebook “How do I treat X”… in secret groups.
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Parent Education vs. Parent Training for Families of Children with Autism
FIVE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS TO THE PARENT TRAINING For the past few days, my social media has been bombarded with retweets and shares of summaries of the article printed by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The JAMA article looked at the Parent Education vs. Parent Training models and their effectiveness, per parent report, in…
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Programming AAC Devices for Real Talk and Social Interactions
Many moons ago, I facilitated social groups for users of AAC. We would watch snipets of music videos, pop culture relevant to their actual grade level. One of my favorite activities was “Like it or Diss it”. The students in the group would be coached to have real discussion. Those that were persuasive, fun disagreements,…
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Teaching Yes and No question forms
Teaching people with communication impairments to respond to Yes/No questions requires a level of knowledge and understanding from the person(s) posing the question. The person being a family member, a therapist, relevant person, or community provider. Therapists’ working on Yes/No with clients, should understand that there are different levels of comprehension and thinking from clients…
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