Before Your Child Talks: Practical Guides for Parents and Professionals. A Curriculum for Building Social Habits that Prepare Children for Language.

Autor/inn/en	MacDonald, James D.; Rabidoux, Paula
Institution	Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, OH.
Titel	Before Your Child Talks: Practical Guides for Parents and Professionals. A Curriculum for Building Social Habits that Prepare Children for Language.
Quelle	(1997), (113 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Curriculum Development; Disabilities; Individualized Education Programs; Individualized Family Service Plans; Infants; Interpersonal Competence; Language Acquisition; Nonverbal Communication; Parent Materials; Play; Professional Development; Social Development; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Handicap; Behinderung; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Elternbrief; Spiel; Soziale Entwicklung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Many social processes are needed before a child is ready to speak, but many educational and therapeutic approaches to preverbal children do not address the social skills that are prerequisite to effective communication. This curriculum manual contains activities for educating parents and professional to help children develop the social skills needed before speech. The activities were designed for infants with typical or delayed development, late-talking children, and children with various disabilities or delays. The curriculum is based on the five-stage Ecological Communication Organization (ECO) model of communication: (1) social play; (2) turntaking; (3) nonverbal communication; (4) language; and (5) social conversation. A major section of the curriculum is the Adult Communication Guides, describing a general principle of interaction, containing a self-assessment, and providing space for the adult to note progress in the particular strategy or principle of interaction. The "Tutors" section of the curriculum contains individual instruction guides describing major developmental goals for the adult and the child in the process of learning to talk. Examples of social goals to be used in Individualized Education Programs and Individualized Family Service Plans are provided. Common questions concerning social play and turntaking are addressed in a question-answer format. The section on Preverbal Conversation Routines provides examples of "how not" and "how to" interaction with the child to demonstrate ways that daily activities can prepare children to be social talkers. The section on Specific Clinical Activities for Preverbal Children provides instruction in clinical activities to help children continue interacting. (KB)
Anmerkungen	Family Child Learning Center, 143 Northwest Avenue, Building A, Tallmadge, OH 44278; phone: 330-633-2055 ($18, plus $3 shipping and handling. Make check payable to Children's Hospital Foundation. Discount on quantity orders).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC