FREE Webinar- Parent-Implemented Early Communication Intervention

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Parent-Implemented Early Communication Intervention for Children with Significant Communication Delays

A Webinar from AUCD’s Early Intervention/ Early Childhood Special Interest Group

About the WebinarAlthough parents are children’s first language teachers, parents of children with significant communication impairment benefit from systematic training to support their children’s language development. This presentation will: (a) provide a brief overview of the evidence base for parent-implemented communication intervention; ( describe the naturalistic language support strategies that parents have been taught to support their children’s communication development; and © discuss approaches to teaching parents. The KidTalk model of early communication support which includes parents as partners in intervention will be presented.

SpeakerAnn P. Kaiser, PhD

Dr. Kaiser is the W. Gray Professor of Education and Human Development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Dr. Kaiser’s primary area of research is early language interventions for children with developmental disabilities and children at risk due to poverty. Her research has investigated the effects of social communication interventions implemented by early childhood educators, parents, siblings, and peers. She has developed and researched a parent and therapist implemented communication program (KidTalk) to improve the language outcomes for young children with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, children with autism, and children at risk due to behavior problems.

This Webinar will take place on Tuesday, February 22nd from 4:00PM to 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time.The visual portion of the webinar will be conducted via GoToMeeting and the audio portion via telephone or VoIP (requires microphone and speakers). After registration you will be given a unique web address for viewing the webinar and audio information.

Register for the WebinarFor more information please see the EVENT WEBSITE or contact Bogin,Project Manager at AUCD The Early Intervention/ Early Childhood Special Interest Group (EIEC SIG) at AUCD provides information to Network members on critical issues related to early childhood. The EIEC SIG Website can be accessed at www.aucd.org/eiec

Please Note- There is NO cost for this webinar!

This webinar will be archived and can be viewing following the event at www.aucd.org/eiec

Save the Dates!

Future webinars coming to you from The Early Intervention/Early Childhood SIG:

April 26, 2011 May 23, 2011June 28, 2011

Please Note- All webinars are from 4:00PM-5:00PM Eastern Standard TimeThis Webinar is in part made possible with support from The Maternal and Child HealthBureau and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the CDC