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Learning to Talk:
How Early Can Augmentative Communication be Implemented with Toddlers?

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Download a copy of the presentation handout (pdf file, 11 pages)

About this Workshop

This presentation focused on strategies to establish intentional communicative skills among infants and toddlers. Emphasis was placed on using gestures and graphic symbols to supplement the comprehension and production of spoken language. The topics addressed included:

• strategies to facilitate intentional communication
• strategies to teach socially acceptable communicative alternatives to challenging behavior
• strategies to successfully select and implement augmentative communication systems
• strategies to supplement speech and augmentative communication

Presenter: Joe Reichle, Ph.D.

Joe Reichle, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. He has worked for 24 years in regular and special education programs serving school-aged children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities by providing technical assistance and training to families, teachers, related therapists, and paraprofessionals. Currently he is responsible for personnel preparation programs in the area of augmentative and alternative communication. Dr. Reichle is also an expert in communicative approaches to the management of challenging behavior in preschoolers. He has published numerous articles in the area of augmentative and alternative communication and challenging behavior.

Intended Audience

Early Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Family Education, members of Preschool Behavior teams, early childhood educators, Head Start staff, social workers, school psychologists, speech and language clinicians, professionals linked to the Minnesota Infant Mental Health Project, home visitors, child care workers, graduate students, and interested others who work with children birth to age three.

Broadcast via Interactive Television (ITV)

This workshop was broadcast live from the University of Minnesota with links to sites throughout the state of Minnesota.

Funding

Funding for this workshop was provided through a contract from the Minnesota Department of Education awarded to the Center for Early Education and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Award #007-EC-004, entitled Addressing the Needs of Young Children Who Engage in Challenging Behavior.

Questions?

If you have further questions about this workshop, please contact:

Laura Lofy, Graduate Research Assistant, at lofy0003@umn.edu or 612-626-9579.

Download a copy of the presentation handout (pdf file, 11 pages)

Online course:
Addressing Needs of Young Children Who Engage in Challenging Behavior

Project:
Addressing Needs of Young Children project