Course Description | Echolalia communicates! Come along with us as we explore why echolalia may be used by a child and what we, as speech-language pathologists, teachers, and parents, can do to support children who communicate with scripts or delayed echolalia. We will look at how to identify whether a child is developing language “whole to part” as a gestalt language processor and why goals for children in the early stages of language development need to be viewed through the lens of gestalt language processing. Our journey will also include how we can support children in “everyday adventures,” which can increase connection and spontaneous language use. There will also be immediate takeaways provided for how to get started creating an environment ripe for authentic communication and how to model language for a child who uses echolalia to communicate.

Learning Outcomes | Participants will be able to: 

• List the communicative nature of immediate and delayed echolalia
• Identify if goals for a child using delayed echolalia are supportive to the child’s developmental stage
• List the stages of gestalt language development and what language supports are the primary focus for each.
• Apply foundational, environmental supports to build connection, safety, and trust for spontaneous and authentic communication to increase.
• Apply language model support strategies designed for a child using delayed echolalia.
   

Self-Study Details | Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

• Kathryn Arnold, MCD, CCC-SLP

Registration

• Online ONLY for 1 learner -- Access to Online Course for 365 Days/1 Year (0.2-hour CE course, downloadable handout, certificate of completion)

Timed Agenda

• 30 minutes: Overview: echolalia and language development
• 15 minutes: Goals and developmental pathways
• 15 minutes: Foundations for supporting language development
• 15 minutes: Creating an environment for spontaneous language
• 10 minutes: Language supports for the stage of development the child is in
• 20 minutes: Language models to support a child who uses echolalia to communicate
   

TOTAL: 105 minutes
 

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