Courses Start Communicating Today! Helping Autistic Toddlers and Preschool Aged Students Find Their Voice Start Communicating Today! Helping Autistic Toddlers and Preschool Aged Students Find Their Voice
In this course participants will learn how to help autistic toddlers and preschool-aged students start communicating. The topics of assessment, goal development, parent training and data collection will be addressed. A majority of the course is dedicated to early learner foundational skills and how to address these skills in therapy. Joint attention, among other skills are discussed at length.
Speaker Name
Rosemarie Griffin, M.S., CCC/SLP BCBA
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Participants will be able to list 3 assessments that can be used with early learners with autism
Participants will be able to list 8 foundational skills to assess
Participants will be able to discuss the importance of including observation in the assessment process
Participants will be able to list 5 questions to review when developing IEPs
Participants will be able to list 8 foundational skills that are important to consider for younger autistic students
Participants will be able to list 8 functional and specific goals for younger autistic students
Participants will be able to list 5 materials that are helpful to target early learner foundational skills
Participants will be able to list 8 foundational communication skills for autistic students
Participants will be able to define joint attention
Participants will be able to state why it is important to start work on labeling preferred items
Participants will be able to define 3 group teaching formats
Participants will be able to list 3 modified leisure activities that can be used during a group lesson
Participants will be able to define behavioral skills training
Participants will be able to discuss how to use behavioral skills training for parent and team training
Participants will be able to define continuous and discontinuous data collection
Rosemarie Griffin, M.S., CCC/SLP BCBA
Rosemarie Griffin is a dual-certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. She has extensive experience creating and delivering courses tailored for autistic children and professionals working with them. Her teaching style is clear, organized, and grounded in best practices.
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