Speech & Language:

CommunicationLanguageSpeech

Sequence in language development

Prelinguistic communication• Crying• Cooing• Babbling• Intonation

First words• Vocabulary• Receptive language• Expressive language

Early sentences• Holophrastic language• Telegraphic speech• Overregularizations

Augmentative communicationFunctional language

• Observe environment• Introduce signs in context• Add slowly and incrementally• Speak and act naturally

Naturalistic Language Learning Environment

Arrange learning environment– Opportunity– Topics– Responsive

Teacher expectationsQuestionsActivities

Direct Assistance/Instruction

1. Choice making2. Mand model3. Time delay4. Incidental teaching; Topic continuation

Milieu teaching: naturalistic language intervention

Speech

• Articulation errors• Lisping• Dysfluency

Process for intervention• Referral• Intervention• Bilinguism and ESL