Date Created: 5/23/2016
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My name is Eric Sanders and I am an assistant professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Pacific University. I have worked as a speech-language pathologist for the past fifteen years. Prior to that I taught middle school English. As a speech-language pathologist I worked for many years in the Miami-Dade County Public School System and for a private practice. My clinical speciality is working with children who have complex communication needs. I completed my PhD at the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a part of my doctoral studies I had the opportunity to participate in a variety of research studies designed to study and increase the language and literacy skills of individuals with significant disabilities. Since arriving at Pacific University I have continued to research issues related to language and literacy. I teach classes in augmentative and alternative communication, autism, early intervention, school-age language and literacy, and speech and language development. I am thrilled to be a part of the Communication Matrix community and am excited to have conversations with the community about literacy for individuals with complex communication needs!
I would like to ask the community how they use the context of interactive shared reading to address any of these areas with children who have complex communication needs.
I will begin the discussion by speaking about the context of interactive shared reading. Interactive shared reading is a context in which both oral language and written language skills can be targeted...
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What sorts of activities are you engaging in to address skills such as alphabet knowledge, phonological/phonemic awareness, and concepts about print?
In my previous post I spoke about using interactive shared reading to address different skills related to emergent literacy. In this post, I am curious about how some of these emergent literacy abilit...
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The only way I know that he wants something is because he fusses or whines when he's unhappy or uncomfortable, and he smiles, makes noises or calms down when he's happy and comfortable. Does this statement describe your child?
She doesn't come to me to let me know what she wants, but it's easy for me to figure out, because she tries to do things for herself. She knows what she wants, and her behavior shows me what she wants. If she runs out of something to eat, she will just try to get more, rather than trying to get me to give her more.
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He knows how to get me to do something for him. He uses some of the kinds of behaviors below to communicate:
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Each question you will see is related to a certain message that your child might be able to express using a variety of behaviors. Read the question and decide whether your child is able to express the message described using any of the listed behaviors. If the answer is YES, then you must also decide whether your child has mastered the use of each behavior or whether it is still at an emerging stage. Check either the mastered or emerging box next to any behaviors your child uses to express the message. Use the following definitions to decide whether a behavior is mastered or emerging
– Does this independently most of the time when the opportunity arises
– Does this in a number of di erent contexts, and with di erent people
– Does this inconsistently
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Only does this when prompted or encouraged to do so. Only does this in one or two contexts or with one person.
Each question you will see is related to a certain message that your child might be able to express using a variety of behaviors. Read the question and decide whether your child is able to express the message described using any of the listed behaviors. If the answer is YES, then you must also decide whether your child has mastered the use of each behavior or whether it is still at an emerging stage. Check either the mastered or emerging box next to any behaviors your child uses to express the message. Use the following definitions to decide whether a behavior is mastered or emerging
