Management
What does the SLP serve as?
the coordinator and parent advocate! baby needs to be loved!
What does T stand for?
Turn Taking: back and forth interactions i.e. peek-a-boo, songs
Should we allow parents to analyze their own performance?
yes
What does the SLP facilitate?
Communication development!
What does I stand for?
Imitate: match and watch, imitate something baby does and wait for them do to respond then match again
How can clinicians follow up?
-with positive aspects
-ask questions of the parents such as looking for when baby was unresponsive to attention etc.
What information does the SLP provide to parents?
-about infant development and parent-infant communication
-infant has little choice how to interact
-infants interactions reflects their physiological and neurological maturity
-parents need to adapt for interactions to succeed
What does P stand for?
Point things out: model how to identify focus i.e. show baby a toy and comment on their interactions with it, establish joint attention routines
What is joint planning?
parent and clinician work together to identify priorities based on prior evaluations
-parents can determine which behaviors are most important to focus on and what is appropriate and manageable for the family.
To provide instruction and modeling of adult-infant communication (videos) communication must be… E___
Enriching: provide experiences that engage baby's attention, allows baby to explore novel stimuli
What does S stand for?
Set the stage: provide baby with a predictable series of sounds and actions that sets them up with a "Script" for a routine so they know what is the next predictable step i.e. peek-a-boo, itsy-bitsy-spider
To provide instruction and modeling of adult-infant communication (videos) communication must be…R__
Responsive: make actions responsive to what baby is doing, recognize babies signals of need for attention and readiness for interaction, consistent responsiveness to cries and models enhances development
What is Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching?
-helps transition to intentional behavior
-arrange environment in a way that baby will see something they want that is out of reach, comment on the object when child looks at it, respond with verbal imitation and give child the object