Strategies for Building Children’s Language Development: Does Telegraphic Speech Fit? (for non-Hanen members)
This e-Seminar covers the process of child language-learning and the strategies adults use to foster early language development, as well as whether adults’ use of telegraphic speech helps or hinders this process for children who are language-delayed.
“I was amazed at how interactive it was!”
“I got lots of practical ideas I can transfer to clinical situations straightaway”
Course Objectives
After completing this 2 hour live e-Seminar, participants will be able to:
- Explain the importance of adult responsivity to a child’s language learning
- Define what is and is not considered telegraphic speech
- Identify and describe the prosodic and grammatical features of child-directed speech that help typically-developing children acquire language
- Describe key findings from the research on the efficacy of telegraphic speech on children’s expressive and receptive language learning
- Describe expert opinion on the advisability of using telegraphic speech with children who are language-delayed
- Explain how the “Highlight Your Language” strategy, used in Hanen group training sessions to facilitate expressive and receptive language, incorporates the grammatical and prosodic features of child directed speech
- Apply the “Expand” strategy, used in Hanen group training sessions to model a more advanced version of the child’s utterance, incorporating the grammatical and prosodic features of child directed speech
- Identify the characteristics of parent-child interaction that determine whether the clinician should begin intervention by teaching the parent interaction-promoting strategies or language modeling strategies.
- Identify the key content to communicate to caregivers about the best type of language input for young children with language impairments
Earn 2 Introductory Level Professional Development Hours!
Please note: This e-Seminar is open to speech-language pathologists/therapists only.
Participation in all Hanen Live e-Seminars is restricted to Speech-Language Pathologists/Therapists who hold a Masters Degree (from US/Canada) or Bachelors Degree (from UK/Australia/New Zealand) or other international equivalent, in Speech-Language Pathology.
If you are a speech-language pathology student or a parent, this e-Seminar will not meet your learning needs.
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