Carrie Kerr Childs Nature Hwa Lee Hailee Kaleta

Carrie Kerr– Child’s Nature Hwa Lee & Hailee Kaleta Bradley University ICEC 2016 Niles, IL

• • • Who we are Who you are How we began… Where we are now Where we are going

To present EI Language Group intervention strategies and documented benefits for children with and without disabilities and their parents.

• • Play-based Naturalistic • • Inclusive Promote enhanced communication for young children Dyadic/Triadic Strategies

• • Natural environment (Kaiser & Roberts, 2011) Positive interaction between caregiver and the child • (Kaiser et al. , 2011) Family-Professional Collaboration et al. , 2013; Mc. Collum, 2000; Yoder & Kaiser, 2011) (Coogle

• Utilize Parents Interacting with Infants (PIWI) & Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) • PIWI (Mc. Collum & Yates, 2010) -dyadic/triadic model • EMT (Hancock & Kaiser, 2005) - a set of language tools to facilitate the child’s communication growth

• EMT Strategies utilized: • • • Setting up an interactive context Responsive Interaction Modeling and expanding play Modeling communication targets Time delay strategies Milieu Teaching procedures

• • • 6 weekly sessions that repeat 6 -8 parent-child dyads per session The Leader/Facilitator (SLP) Student Volunteers Family Members

• • Greeting & Parent Meeting with SLP Welcome song Child-led play with Parent shadowing Snack (modeling) Story Time Parent Observation and Debriefing Good bye song and Dismissal

• • • 0 -3 & 3 -5 groups Survey Child Progress Clinical Note Self Reflection/Report Narrative Data Summer 2014 -Fall 2016

• Parent Progress • • Survey Follow up data Self Reflection Child Progress • Clinical note on short-term and longterm goals • Parent report on the child’s progress

• Benefits: -Increased child development knowledge -Opportunity meeting with other parents -Opportunity for my child to interact with other children -Improvement of my child’s language/speech -Learning speech/language strategies

• Gained knowledge and skills: -modeling and expanding language -Noticing and responding to communication -Playing and engaging -Using time delay

“Managing challenging behavior during play group was the hardest task to do”.

“Carrie was a wonderful teacher, an exceptional leader. She’s kind and patient with the children. Has a wealth of knowledge and skills to share with the group. She gave helpful tips on managing difficult behavior”.

“My child had the opportunity to play with other kids her age and I learned how to better interact with her”. “I enjoy that he is able to be in a setting with peers that have similar play skills”.

“The structure enabled me to do something alone with my daughter and for her to socialize with other children. ” “It’s like a mommy-and-me set up. I like the structure”

“Everything. Loved the environment, the subject matter each week, the relationships both the children and parents gain. ”

• Proximity of location, driving “Wish it was a little closer”. “The distance that I had to drive. I’d love for it to be more widely available”. “Only once a week. Should be twice a week”.

• Positive outcomes of parents and children • Availability & location of the program • Qualified personnel and volunteers • Follow-up: alums

• • Continue find funding source • Train future leaders (graduate students…in speech or early intervention) • • Create a group for 3 -5 age group Collaboration with local university for volunteers Utilize alums

• • New program evolved • 3 -5 group created: emphasis on nature • • Videos Developed EI Language Group in second location Training New Therapists

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• Your experiences relevant to the parent child group? • Your thoughts?