examples of hybrid approaches to intervention
from most child-centered to most clinician directed
hybrid intervention approaches for younger children
(below pre-school age)
hybrid intervention approaches for pre-school age children
hybrid intervention approaches for school-age children
prelinguistic milieu teaching (PMT)
for younger children (below pre-school age) -> duh it’s PRE-linguistic
responsivity education
teach parents/caregivers how to respond to their child (having them practice)
for younger children (below preschool)
EX: the hannon program
- uses parent coaching–> the clinician teaches the parent the hannon program (expanding, giving child time to respond, clinician defines what things look like)
- the parent uses the strategies at home with their child
- the clinician reviews videos of the parent with them and gives feedback (very positive and helpful-> what they did right and what to improve)
book reading
hybrid intervention approach for younger children
- parents and/or clinician (can train parents how to make book reading mor interactive –> trying to make it more of a back & forth experience)
focused stimulation
focus on specific target, use multiple models, clinician uses the word/target very often
- could pretend to misunderstand, often used in play context
- clinician is talking a lot, saying similar types of utterances, lots of modeling (how you can tell the difference between focused stimulation and facilitated play)
hybrid intervention approach for preschool-aged children
focused stimulation is more child centered than structured play
structured play
hybrid intervention approach for pre-school aged children
EX: describing an order from a picture menu, writing letters to mail
script therapy
hybrid intervention approach for school age children (can also be used for pre-school aged children)
using conversation in hybrid approach
school aged children
using narratives in hybrid approach
school aged children
guiding principles of intervention for school-aged children
hybrid approach strategies to teaching semantics for school-age children
help them create an organization of their semantic knowledge
hybrid approach strategies to teaching morphosyntax for school-age children
recognizing patterns in words
- what prefixes and suffixes can you add to a word
- how do they change the meaning of the word
complex sentences
- time words (before, after, while) [what it means when using those] or causal words (because, since, therefore, so)–> combining two sentences by using one of those words and moving it around
- practice something decontextualized and then move to a more contextualized setting/activity
what should we always be working on in treatment with school-age children
pragmatics and metaskills
- pragmatics (may be a specific target for treatment): conversational discourse [it doesn’t look very different but you provide cues]; narratives
- meta skills: phonological awareness, editing, organization, self-regulation, executive functioning
features of clinicial directed (CD) approaches
highly structured
- give them a stimulus, they are expected to provide a response, and we provide feedback/cues/prompting that is needed to get the feedback
format controlled
- can control that there is more practice
very specific linguistic stimuli
clear instructions
- if we want a specific response we need to provide clear instructions
criteria
reinforcement
maximal prompting: clinician is teaching
moderate prompting: client is practicing
minimal prompting
cues are occasional (5–20% of trials)
- support is subtle; that is:
- provide a light touch or tap to direct attention or remind
- provide verbal reminders (remember use your word endings. use your ipad. don’t forget your polite words)
- provide a visual cue, such as a script or picture schedule and direct attention to it if client needs support
client shows use of the skill; may self-monitor; clinician is coaching
types of CD approaches
(clinician directed)
conflicting evidence for CD approaches
ie. pros and cons of CD approaches
advantages:
- greater frequency of responses
- efficient–> maximizes responses within the time
- effective–> eleiciting new forms/behaviors
disadvantages:
- not natural
- limits generalization
if you are only ever doing clinician directed, how are they ever supposed to generalize?
appropriate use of CD approaches