Language Interventions for Children Some of the basics

Providing a good model requires you to use: an unhurried speech rate clear speech short sentences appropriate vocabulary more repetition and re-stating than you would use if you were talking to another adult

LOTS of interventions Hanen – Family Training Naturalistic –PMT/EMT (environ arrangement, follow lead,routines/predictability, using prompts/models) –Focused Stimulation –Incidental Teaching –Recasting/Language Intervention Repeating errored utterance back – but corrected Based on kids with ASD –ABA – applied behavior, focus on behavior. –TEACHH –PRT pivotal response teaching –Above language techniques –PECS

Hanen Top Ten Talk Tips

Basic tips from Hanen Use the child’s natural environment Create structure and predictability in the child’s life Follow the chld’s lead Say less, stress, go slow, and show Important role of the family Early intervention and intense intervention

More on Hanen Child centered strategies –Face to face –Observe, watch, listen –Follow child’s lead –Join in and play Interacting –Match turns –Imitate –Keep words simple – match language/min expand Promoting –Interpret child’s behavior –Give it words –Expand/extend topic

Strategies for developing Receptive language skills. Labeling Imitation Focused Stimulation (give the child words) Modeling Self-Talk Parallel talk (talk about what the child is doing) Guided Learning Paraphrasing/a lot like recasting Supplementing verbal speech with gestures/signs Supplementing verbal speech with picture stimuli (PECS)

PMT/EMT MT – started with Milieu Training –Arrangement of Environment –Follow child’s lead –Social routines/predictability (games) –Using Prompts Time delay Models (gesture/verbal

ABA - subtypes DTT & PRT Both Pivotal Response Training (PRT) and Discrete Trial Training (DTT) incorporate the major principles of ABA to teach specified behaviors to individuals with autism. DTT is more highly structured and is useful for teaching specific behavioral skills. PRT uses a less structured, more play-based format to develop skills, and utilizes discrete trials as needed.