Sp&a 34107 Therapy Techniques

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Incidental teaching

Back 1

uses naturally occurring verbal interactions to teach/reinforce language skills

We take advantage of "teachable moments" in therapy but do not select incidental teaching as a planned therapy technique

Front 2

Focused stimulation

Back 2

Engineer the therapy environment to maximize use & production of target language structure. You are trying to "highlight" the language rule the child needs to learn.

Front 3

Self-talk

Back 3

SLP describes what she is doing while playing or while she is completing a task with younger children. With older students "self-talk" is more of a description of how to complete a task.

Front 4

Parallel talk

Back 4

SLP and child engage in an activity and SLP provides running commentary on what the child is doing.

Front 5

Expansion

Back 5

SLP expands child's incomplete or telegraphic utterance into a grammatically correct utterance

Front 6

Extension

Back 6

SLP expands child's utterance by adding grammatic and semantic information.

Front 7

Mand-Model

Back 7

SLP directs or commands the child to imitate a model.

Front 8

Recast

Back 8

SLP changes the child's utterance to a different grammatical form (e.g. declarative sentence to a question)

Front 9

Joint Routines

Back 9

Repetitive, routinized activities with consistent vocabulary. Also known as "script therapy" it provides repetition of interactive events with predictable language and behavior.

Front 10

Joint book reading

Back 10

Use specific book reading strategies and carefully selected books to target specific language skills

Front 11

Sabbotage

Back 11

SLP disrupts (e.g. withholds materials, uses materials incorrectly) an activity to encourage child to communicate

Front 12

Modify linguistic input

Back 12

SLP alters rate of speech, length and complexity of utterances and uses a multimodal approach during instruction. SLP may also include wait-time or delay to encourage interaction or provide additional processing time.

Front 13

Whole Language

Back 13

We will not consider this as a therapy technique for this course.
What we learn from the whole language movement is the importance of natural environment and naturally occurring activities for intervention. However these factors alone are not a sufficient intervention strategy.