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Jan 2022
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Ep. 113: Solving Common Challenges With...

SARAH & SARIE
About this episode
In this interview episode, Sarah talks to Tanna Neufeld SLP & AAC Coach about an early communicator case study.

Key Topics
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:36 Interview Begins
00:06:18 Case Study - Luke
00:22:57 Joint Problem Solving Examples
00:30:37 Core versus Fringe
00:33:41 Varying the routines when a child has one preferred routine/toy
00:37:28 Goals for Emerging Communicators
00:49:28 Students who aren’t attending to AAC models


Reflection Questions:
How can you let go of control and follow the child’s lead during your sessions?
How can you incorporate shared problem solving and communication temptation strategies such as playful obstruction into your sessions?
What can you do to entice a student to attend to you more?
Where would you like your client to go next? What are some goals that you can write for your client that will allow you to track their communication progress without locking you and them into specific communication words or systems?


This episode explores:

- What to do if students seem not to attend to your models

- Ways to vary play

- How to model AAC & where to start

- Exploration of a case study to get started

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