Presented by: Tamara S. Kasper, MS, CCC-SLP, BCBA
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Session: Session #11
Learning Objectives:
- To provide practical, evidence-based, strategies to establish and improve vocal verbal vocal language skills for children with autism.
- Learn practical and easily implemented interventions to reduce problem behavior and promote cooperation, contrive motivation for communication.
- To, teach functional communication (via sign language), and Increase and shape functional vocal verbal communication via successive approximations and hand cues.
This presentation is designed to provide practical, evidence-based, strategies to establish and improve vocal verbal vocal language skills for children with autism and other developmental disabilities who are struggling to speak. Through video and discussion, participants will learn practical and easily implemented interventions to reduce problem behavior and promote cooperation, contrive motivation for communication, teach functional communication (via sign language), and Increase and shape functional vocal verbal communication via successive approximations and hand cues.