AN OVERVIEW OF METHODOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES
Carol
Afflerbaugh
March 1, 2002
Course Description
This course will
provide participants with an overview of methodologies and strategies
that are currently being implemented in home, school, hospital, and
clinic settings to enhance auditory processing, attending skills,
responding behaviors, social communicative acts, and speech and
language development in children with speech and language challenges
attributed to a language delay/disorder, cognitive deficits, apraxia,
and/or an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Methodologies such as Fast
ForWord, Links to Language, and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
will be highlighted. Techniques such as visual strategies and the
principles of sensory integration, which can be combined with specific
intervention methodologies, will also be cited.
Course Obiectives
After attending this
course, participants will be able to:
1)
Discuss/describe three different methodologies to enhance
speech and language development in children diagnosed with speech and
language disorders
2)
State the pros and cons of specific methodologies, particularly
Links to Language, ABA, and Fast ForWord
3)
Name strategies that can be effectively integrated with
specific methodologies to assist children in learning speech and
language
4)
Refer to and/or contact resources/professionals/websites to
acquire information and/or training in methodologies/strategies
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