Providing effective early intervention services.

Communication is how young children interact, socialize, and learn. When a young child has strong cognitive and receptive language skills, but is essentially non-verbal, there is cause for concern. It is important for therapists to be able to differentially diagnose a language delay. A set of unique parameters should be used in therapy for a toddler with suspected CAS. It can be difficult to measure progress because children with suspected CAS often progress slowly and demonstrate highly inconsistent verbal productions. Family involvement is a critical component of early intervention services and each family needs to be provided with functional strategies that can be embedded into their daily routines to help their child become an effective verbal communicator.

This recording contains clinically relevant ideas and activities to fine-tune therapy sessions for young children with suspected CAS. You will be able to identify which children are in need of more specialized programming after watching this course. The knowledge of how to modify existing therapy materials to make them fun and functional for use with toddlers will be gained by therapists. Participants will discover ways to create the best therapy model for toddlers on their caseload with suspected Childhood aphasia of speech.