Here's How to Do Early Intervention for Speech and Language: Empowering Parents

Description: Here's How to Do Early Intervention for Speech and Language: Empowering Parents [Paperback] Karyn Lewis Searcy Product Overview Here's How to Do Early Intervention for Speech and Language: Empowering Parents is an essential guide to early intervention for treatment of autism and related disorders. In clear, direct language, it helps early interventionists jump-start the communication process, strengthen parent confidence, and promote healthier parent-child relationships. It provides key strategies for collaborating with parents in stress, as well as how to foster effective relationships with allied professionals. With its far-reaching scope, this book provides foundational activities useful to non-SLPs working with caregivers, including infant education and mental health programs, applied behavioral analysis (ABA) agencies, and students working toward earning their BCBA licenses. This how-to resource provides specific techniques and guidelines designed to: Help therapists provide specific guidelines for parents new to early interventionExplore how parent-child interaction is impacted by a delay or disorder in communication skillsReview the grieving process and how it relates to parents of children with developmental delays and disorders, including autismReview and blend developmental and behavioral theories as applicable to early interventionDiscuss the application of evidenced based practices into everyday treatmentDevelop parental sense of competency by building effective interactionProvide specific strategies for parents and therapists to develop functional communication through direct and indirect play, gestures, modified signs, and sound imitationReview effective data tracking and methods of recording progressHelp therapists work with families as they transition out of the early intervention systemAs a clinician with more than 35 years of experience, Karyn Lewis Searcy, M.A., is uniquely qualified to write on the subject of early intervention for children with autism and related disorders. She has co-authored several academic journal articles on collaboration and intervention techniques for infants and young children with autism and related disorders, is an instructor at California State University San Marcos, and nationally conducts trainings on the topics covered in Here's How to Do Early Intervention for Speech and Language: Empowering Parents. Included is a DVD containing video interviews with parents describing their journey through the early intervention process, and the author's description of specific therapy targets effective for children under the age of 24 months. A CD with reproducible worksheets for treatment and system tracking is also provided, as well as handouts to share with parents and allied staff. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plural Publishing; 1st edition (October 21, 2011) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1597564400 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 03 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.4 x 0.6 x 10.9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #1,312,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #393 in Audiology & Speech Pathology (Books) #408 in Occupational Therapy (Books) #1,508 in Popular Neuropsychology #393 in Audiology & Speech Pathology (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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