| 8:30 | Register and review the day's plan. |
| 9:00 | INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATING PARTNERS
- A new relationship approach to development.
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| 9:30 |
THE ARM: ADULT CHILD RELATIONSHIP MAP
- Learning to assess Interaction, Nonverbal communication, Social language, and Conversation and Civil behavior.
- What are the key skills children need to become fully social and communicative?
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| 10:00 |
RESPONSIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
- How can you interact so a child is more social and communicative?
- Learning five lifelong strategies: Balance, Match, Respond contingently,Share control, and Play emotionally.
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| 10:30 | 10 minute break |
| 10:40 | BUILDING AN INTERACTIVE LIFE
- Illustrations of developing Social Play, Imitation and modeling skills, and Reciprocal turn taking,
the fundamental bases for communication.
- Common problems in persons with delays.
- Critical skills needed.
- How responsive strategies help children be more interactive.
- Video illustrations.
- Parent and professional success stories.
- Q and A.
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| 11:15 | BUILDING A NONVERBAL COMMUNICATIVE LIFE
- Illustrations of developing intentionals communication with any means available.
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The importance of developing vocal communication before verbal.
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Common problems in becoming communicative.
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Critical skills needed
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How Responsive strategies enhance nonverbal communication.
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Video illustrations
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Parent and professional success stories
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Q. and A.
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| 12:00 | One-hour lunch break. |
| 1:00 | BUILDING A LIFE WITH SOCIAL LANGUAGE
- Illustrations of the many uses of language: Instrumental , Personal and social.
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Language is not enough: social use of language is critical
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Common problems in becoming a social language user.
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Critical skills needed
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How responsive strategies enhance social language.
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Video illustrations
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Parent and professional success stories.
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Q. and A.
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| 1:45 | BUILDING A CONVERSATIONAL LIFE
- Illustrations of the basics of conversation, both nonverbal and verbal.
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Conversation routines; learning to make conversations out of daily routines.
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Common problems in becoming conversational.
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Critical skills needed.
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How responsive strategies enhance a child's conversational life?
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Video illustrations
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Parent and professional success stories.
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Q. and A.
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| 2:30 | BUILDING A COOPERATIVE,CIVIL AND SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE LIFE.
- Illustrations of the basics of a socially appropriate life.: Cooperation, Civil behavior, Emotional self-regulation, Empathy.
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Common problems in becoming a civil life partner.
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Critical skills needed.
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How responsive strategies result in more civil behavior.
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Video illustrations.
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Parents and professional success stories.
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Q.and A.
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| 3:15 | Practicing building and interactive life for one child.
- Introducing the Interactive Map,
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A daily home and school program for making social life a part of daily routines.
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Participants practice writing daily plans for five levels of development:
Interaction, Nonverbal communication, Social language Conversation, and Civil behavior.
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Each participant will apply the information to a selected child.
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| 5:00 | Go home with the tools to help children be more social and communicative! |
