The Daily Dozen: Strategies for Enhancing Social Communication of Infants with Language Delays

Autor/inn/en	Stockall, Nancy; Dennis, Lindsay R.
Titel	The Daily Dozen: Strategies for Enhancing Social Communication of Infants with Language Delays
Quelle	In: Young Children, 67 (2012) 4, S.36-41 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-6619
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Developmental Delays; Language Acquisition; Nonverbal Communication; Infants; Delayed Speech; Young Children; Early Intervention; Early Childhood Education; Disabilities; Toddlers; Caregivers; Child Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Sprachverzögerung; Frühe Kindheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Handicap; Behinderung; Infants; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache
Abstract	Approximately 228,000 children from birth to age 3 are affected by a disability. Developmental challenges may include severe, chronic disabilities that can begin at birth and last a lifetime. Delayed speech and language are the most common types of developmental delays among infants and toddlers. Many of these children are at risk for later language and literacy problems. To complicate matters, little research exists on the development and evaluation of prelinguistic teaching strategies for infants with developmental delays. However, some researchers have found that early infant intervention in social communication at the prelinguistic stage holds promise for young children's later language success. In this article, the authors describe a series of early language strategies that can help ease the strain of one-way communication with infants who might be slow to respond during social interactions. While these strategies are developmentally appropriate for all infants, they are especially critical when working with infants who have developmental delays. Infants with developmental delays may display several symptoms of delayed language development. Such symptoms include few vocalizations, communicative gestures, or spontaneous imitations and a reduced rate of nonverbal communication. These strategies--the authors call them the Daily Dozen--may help alleviate these potential problems. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10