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Adapting  Enhanced  Milieu  Teaching  for  Young  Children  With  Communication  Impairment  Ann  P.  Kaiser  Vanderbilt  University  

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Today’s  Talk  •  Building  a  new  genera?on  of  communica?on  interven?ons  •  Enhanced  Milieu  Teaching  (EMT)    

•  Brief  overview  •  Research  evidence  

•  EMT  ac?ve  ingredients    •  Underlying  model  of  communica?on  development  •  Core  procedures  •  Addi?ons  to  core  EMT  

•  Adap?ng  EMT  To  Fit  Learner  Characteris?cs  •  Profiles  of    four    popula?ons    •  Adapta?ons  to  maximize  social  communica?on  outcomes    

•  The  Interven?on  Tool  Box:    Tools    for    Adap?ng  EMT    •   Summary  and  Conclusions        

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• EMT  is  a  naturalistic,  conversation-­‐based  intervention  that  uses  child  interests  and  initiations  as  opportunities  to  model  and  prompt  language  in  everyday  contexts.

• EMT  can  be  used  throughout  the  day  as  part  of  the  everyday  interactions.

• EMT  is  an  evidence-­‐based  intervention  with  20  years  of  research.

• EMT  is  an  effective  intervention.

What  is  Enhanced  Milieu  Teaching?

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EMT  is  effective  •  Increases  child  use  of  language  targets    

•  Vocabulary  (Kaiser  et  al,  l993;  Scherer  &  Kaiser,  2010;              Roberts  &  Kaiser,  2012;  Kaiser  &  Roberts,  2012)  •  Early  syntac?c  forms  (Kaiser  &  Hester,  l994)  •  Moderately  complex  syntax  (Warren  &  Kaiser,  l986)  

•  Increases  child  frequency  of  communica?on      (Warren  et  al,  l994;  Kaiser  et  al,  l993)  

•  Generaliza?on  across  se]ngs,  people,  and  language  concepts  (Warren  &  Bambara,  l989;  Goldstein  &  Mouse?s,  l989;  Kaiser  &  Roberts  ,  2012)  

•  Maintenance  of  newly  learned  targets  (Warren  &  Kaiser,    l986;  Kaiser  &    Roberts,    2012)  

•  More  effec?ve  than  drill-­‐prac?ce  methods  (Yoder,  Kaiser  et  Alpert,  l991,  Kaiser,  Yoder,  et  al,1996)  

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1.  Promote  adult-­‐child  communica?on    now  •  No?ce  and  respond    •  Follow  the  child’s  lead  

2.  Increase  child  engagement  with  objects  and  ac?vi?es    Child  preferred  ac?vi?es    Join  the  child  in  play  and  ac?vity    Teach  play  and  par?cipa?on  

3.  Expand  the  social  basis  of  communica?ve  interac?ons  •  Arrange  environment  to  increase  engagement  •  Teach  joint  aeen?on  strategies    •  Balance  turns  (mirror  and  map)  •  Increase  person  engagement  

4.  Teach  child  communica?on  target  forms  to  advance  language  •  Respond  •  Model    •  Expand  •  Prompt  

   

EMT  Principles  and  Strategies    

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1.  Increase  dura?on  of  engagement  •  Social  (joint  engagement  )  •  Objects    (play)  

2.  Increase  rate  of  communica?on  •  Emphasize  spontaneous  social  ini?a?ons  

3.  Increase  diversity  of  communica?on  •  Same  level  forms    •  More  words  and  phrases    •  More  func?ons  (  requests,  comments,  ques?ons)  •  Across  more  contexts  

4.  Increase  complexity  of  communica?on  •  Higher  level  forms  •  Prelinguis?c  to  linguis?c,  •  Mean  length  of  ueerances  •  Complexity  of  ueerance  types  

5.  Increase  independence    •  Ini?ated  social  communica?on  •  Generaliza?on  across  contexts,  people  

EMT  Child  Communication  Goals  

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EMT  Example  

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EMT  Active  Ingredients    

•  Environmental  arrangement  to  promote  communica1on  •  Play  and  engage  •  Follow  child’s  lead  in  play  and  ac1vity  •  Respond  to  child  communica1on  •  Model  language  in  context    •  Expand  child  communica1on**  •  Use  1me  delay  to  prompt  requests  or  ini1a1ons  •  Use  Milieu  Teaching  Prompts  to  promote  prac1ce    •  Teach  across  seAngs,  ac1vi1es  and  partners  

**  In  2  randomized  trials,  expansion  has  been  the  ingredient  most  highly  correlated  with  child    outcomes  (Kaiser  &  Roberts,  2012;  Roberts  &  Kaiser,  under  review)    

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What  Children  Bring  to  EMT  

•  Imita?on  • Auditory  memory  • Efficiency  

• Rate  • Form  • Func?ons    • Transparency  to  partners  

• Person  • Object  • Ac?vity  

• Access  to  Input  •  Intelligibility  • Fluency  

Mode   Engagement  Strategies  

Learning  Strategies  

Baseline  Communi-­‐ca1on    

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EMT  ModiCications  to  Fit  What  Children  Bring  

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• Teach  imita1on  • Add  discrete  trials  • Increase  dosage    

• Teach  joint  aKen1on  skills  

• Support  partner  comprehension  

• Teach  play  • Increase  person  engagement  

• Teach  coordinated  joint  aKen1on  

• Provide  alterna1ve  mode  

• Signs  • SGD  • Teach  partners  mode  

Mode   Engagement  Strategies  

Learning  Strategies  

Baseline  Communi-­‐ca1on  

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EMT  Ac1ve  Ingredient  

Play  and  engage  

Follow  child’s  lead  in  play  and  ac1vity  

Respond  to  child  communica1on      

Model  language  in  context    

Expand  child  communica1on  

Use  1me  delay  to  prompt  requests  or    ini1a1ons  

Use  Milieu  teaching  prompts  to  promote  prac1ce    

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EMT  Ac1ve  Ingredient   Child  Behavior  Required  to  Access    Ac1ve  Ingredient  

Play  and  engage   •  Engages  with  objects,  partners  

Follow  child’s  lead  in  play  and  ac1vity   •  Engages  with  objects,    •  Par1cipates  in  ac1vity  

Respond  to  child  communica1on      

•  Communicates  verbally  or  nonverbally  

Model  language  in  context     •   Engages  with  objects  in  play  or  ac1vity  •   Imitates  •   Learns  from  observa1on  •   Engages  with  partners  

Expand  child  communica1on   •   Communicates  pre  linguis1cally  (gesture)  or  linguis1cally      

•     Mode  is  intelligible  to  partner  •     Imitates  or  learns  from  observa1on  •   Engages  with  partners  

Use  1me  delay  to  prompt  requests  or    ini1a1ons  

•   Engages  with  partners  •   Interested  in  objects,    •   Has  preferences  •   Learns  to  make  choices  

Use  Milieu  teaching  prompts  to  promote  prac1ce    

•   Has  mode  for  produc1on  •   Responds  to  prompts  (  in  least  to  most  

sequence)    •     Imitates,    •  Engages  with  partners    •  Learns  from  prac1ce  embedded  in  

interac1ons  

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EMT  Ac1ve  Ingredient   Child  Behavior  Required  to  Access    Ac1ve  Ingredient  

Modifica1ons  

Play  and  engage   •  Engages  with  objects,  partners   Teach  play,  Use  person  engaged  ac1vity  to  reinforce  social  engagement  

Follow  child’s  lead  in  play  and  ac1vity   •  Engages  with  objects,    •  Par1cipates  in  ac1vity  

Teach  play    Provide  more  mo1va1ng  materials,  choices  

Respond  to  child  communica1on      

•  Communicates  verbally  or  nonverbally   Modify  mode  Train  partners  to  recognize  communica1on,  Target  simple  rate  increases  first  

Model  language  in  context     •   Engages  with  objects  in  play  or  ac1vity  •   Imitates  •   Learns  from  observa1on  •   Engages  with  partners  

Teach  imita1on  skills  Modify  modeling  to  fit  speech  or  mode  characteris1cs      

Expand  child  communica1on   •   Communicates  pre  linguis1cally  (gesture)  or  linguis1cally      

•     Mode  is  intelligible  to  partner  •     Imitates  or  learns  from  observa1on  •   Engages  with  partners  

Teach  prelinguis1c  skills  (  point,  show,  give)  Increase  intelligibility  Make  mode  more  transparent  to  partner  

Use  1me  delay  to  prompt  requests  or    ini1a1ons  

•   Engages  with  partners  •   Interested  in  objects,    •   Has  preferences  •   Learns  to  make  choices  

Modify  1me  delay  (lessen  produc1on  demand)  un1l  child  regularly  responds    Choose  highly  preferred  objects    

Use  Milieu  teaching  prompts  to  promote  prac1ce    

•   Has  mode  for  produc1on  •   Responds  to  prompts  (  in  least  to  most  

sequence)    •     Imitates,    •  Engages  with  partners    •  Learns  from  prac1ce  embedded  in  

interac1ons  

Teach  responding  to  prompts  and  least  to  most  support  sequence,    Increase  reinforcement  for  responding    

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ModiCications  of  EMT  •  JASPER  +  EMT  [J-­‐EMT]  

•  Teaches  joint  aKen1on,    symbolic  play,  regula1on      

•  JASPER  +  EMT  +  AAC  [J-­‐EMT+  SGD  ;  Words  +  Signs]  •  Teaches  joint  aKen1on,    symbolic  play,  regula1on  •  Includes  speech  genera1ng  device  or  signs  for  input  and  output  

•  Phonological  Emphasis  +  EMT  [PE-­‐EMT]  •  Models  speech  targets  •  Recasts  for  speech    

•  +  Discrete  trial  training    [Rescue  protocol]  •  -­‐  Reduce  prompt  complexity,  number  of  prompts  [Simplify]  •  +  Increase  Dosage  [Dosage]  •  +  Support  Partners  to  use  mode  and  EMT  [Partner]  

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Population  SpeciCic  ModiCications  Popula1on   Modifica1ons  

Mode   Engagement   Learning  Strategy   Baseline  Communica?on  

Toddlers  with  Rec/Express  Delay  

No   No   Support  partner  as  teacher  

Down  syndrome   +  Sign   Teach  play    

+Dosage    

Support  partner  comprehension  

Cleo   +  Speech  targets    

No   +Recast  +  Speech  prac?ce    

Minimally  Verbal  ASD    

+  SGD   Teach  play,  engagement    

+Dosage  +Rescue  Protocol:  imita?on,  recep?ve  language  

Teach  joint  aeen?on  skills  

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EMT  Ac1ve  Ingredient  

Modifica1on   EMT  Type   Popula1on   Study    

Play  and  engage   Teach  play,  Use  person  engaged  ac1vity  to  reinforce  social  engagement  

J-­‐EMT     ASD  Minimally  verbal  ASD  

Kasari,  et  al.,  2006  Kasari,  Kaiser  et  al  in  press  

Follow  child’s  lead  in  play  and  ac1vity  

Teach  play    Provide  more  mo1va1ng  materials,  choices  

J-­‐EMT    

ASD  Minimally  verbal  ASD  

 Kasari,  et  al.,  2006    Kasari,  Kaiser  et  al  in  press    

Respond  to  child  communica1on      

Modify  mode  Train  partners  to  recognize  communica1on    Target  simple  rate  increases  first  

Words  &  Signs  J-­‐EMT  +SGD    

DS  ASD  

Wright,  Kaiser,  Roberts  &  Reikowsky  2012;  Kasari,  Kaiser  et  al  in  press  

Model  language  in  context    

Teach  imita1on  skills  Modify  modeling  to  fit  speech  or  mode  characteris1cs      

Rescue  protocol    PE-­‐EMT  Words  +  Signs  J-­‐EMT  +SGD          

Minimally  verbal  ASD  Clec  toddlers  DS    

Kasari,  Kaiser,  Smith  &  Lord,  in  progress  Scherer  &  Kaiser,  2011  Kaiser,  Scherer,  Frey,  under  review  

Expand  child  communica1on  

Teach  prelinguis1c  skills  (  point,  show,  give)  Increase  intelligibility  Make  mode  more  transparent  to  partner  

J-­‐EMT+  SGD    Words  +  Signs  

Minimally  verbal  ASD    DS  

   Kasar i   et   a l   2006  Kasari,   Kaiser   et   al   in  press  Wright  et  al  2012  

Use  1me  delay  to  prompt  requests  or    ini1a1ons  

Modify  1me  delay  (lessen  produc1on  demand)  un1l  child  regularly  responds    Choose  highly  preferred  objects  

 EMT  Words  +  Signs  Simplify    

Toddlers  with  recep1ve/expressive  delay  DS  

Roberts  &  Kaiser  2012;    Wright  et  al  2012  

Use  Milieu  teaching  prompts  to  promote  prac1ce    

Teach  responding  to  prompts  and  least  to  most  support  sequence,    Increase  reinforcement  for  responding    

EMT    Words  +  Signs      Simplify    

Toddlers  with  recep1ve/expressive  delay  DS  Minimally  verbal  ASD  Clec  toddlers      

Wright  et  al  2012  Roberts  &  Kaiser,  2012  Kasari,  Kaiser  et  al  in  press  Scherer  &  Kaiser,  2011  

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The  Effects  of  a  Parent-­‐Implemented  Language  Interven?on  for  Children  With  Language  Impairment  

Megan  Y.  Roberts,  PhD,  CCC-­‐SLP  Ann  P.  Kaiser,  PhD    

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Toddlers    with  Receptive/Expressive  Delays  

Communica1on  Challenges   Adapta1ons  

Problem  behaviors   Increase  aeen?on  to  posi?ve  behavior,  plan  rou?nes,  teach  communica?ve  alterna?ves  

Low  rates  of  talking   Use  responsiveness  strategies  to  increase  rate  

Low  lexical  diversity    

Model  expanded  vocabulary  before  and  during  early  syntax  targets  

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Toddlers    with  Receptive/Expressive  Delays  

Study  Component   Descrip1on  

Design   Randomized  Clinical  Trial  45  Interven?on  ,  43  Control  

Interven?on     EMT  with  Play  Skills  28  sessions  (  4  workshops,  14  clinic,  10  home  across  rou?nes)  

Parent  +  Therapist  

Measures   Pre,  6  wks,  12  wks,  18  wks  (end  of  interven?on)  Standardized,  observa?onal,  parent  report  

Par?cipants   Average  age:  31  months  Average  Bayley  Cogni?ve  Score:  85  Gender:  83%  male  PLS-­‐4:  70  

Kaiser,  Camarata,  &  Roberts  (2011)  IES  R324A090181;  under  review    

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Parent  +  Therapist  EMT  

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Intervention  Group  :  Pre-­‐Post  Gains  

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Outcomes    Intervention  vs  Control:  Number  of  Different  Words  

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COMMUNICATION  INTERVENTIONS  FOR  MINIMALLY  VERBAL  CHILDREN  WITH  AUTISM    Kasari,  Kaiser,  Goods,  Niereld,  Mathy,    Landa,  Murphy,  &  Almirall  (  in  press).      Clinical  Trials  Number:  NCT01013545.    This  study  was  funded  by  Au?sm  Speaks  #5666,  Characterizing  Cogni?on  in  Nonverbal  Individuals  with  Au?sm  (CCNIA).    

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Children  with  Autism  Study  Component   Descrip1on  

Design   Randomized  Clinical  Trial;  Mul?ple  Baseline  AAC,  Verbal  only  

Interven?on     EMT  +  Joint  Aeen?on  and  Symbolic  Play  48  sessions  in  the  clinic  (24  therapist  only,  24  parent  +  therapist)      

Measures   Pre,  Post,  6  months  Standardized,  observa?onal,  parent  report  

Par?cipants   Average  age:  6  years,  6  months  Average  Leiter:  61  Gender:  74%  male  PPVT:  32  

Kasari,  Kaiser,  Landa  et  al,  2011        Au?sm  Speaks  5566  

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Children  with  Autism  Communica1on  Challenges   Adapta1ons  

Difficulty  with  joint  engagement   Model  and  teach  joint  engagement  behavior  

Few  play  skills  and  brief  dura?on  of  play   Model  and  teach  play  skills  

Reques?ng  rather  than  commen?ng   Model  commen?ng,  limit  reques?ng    

Interfering  behavior   Determine  which  behaviors  are  communica?ve;  respond  differen?ally  

Very  low  rate  spoken  language   Add  SGD  

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Children  with  Autism  Study  Component   Descrip1on  

Design   Randomized  Clinical  Trial        

Interven?on     EMT  +  Joint  Aeen?on  and  Symbolic  Play  (J-­‐EMT)    48  sessions  in  the  clinic  (24  therapist  only,  24  parent  +  therapist)    with/  without  SGD    

Measures   Pre,  Post,  6  months  Standardized,  observa?onal,  parent  report  

Par?cipants    61  children  with  ASD  Average  age:  6  years,  6  months  Average  Leiter:  68.16  Gender:  74%  male  PPVT:  32  Mn  words  at  pre:  16.6  

Kasari,  Kaiser,  Landa  et  al,  in  press      Au?sm  Speaks  5566  

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Intervention  Variations  •  J-­‐EMT  Spoken  Language  Only    

•  J-­‐EMT  +  SGD  •  Speech  Genera?ng  Device    -­‐  Dynavox  or  iPad    

•  Model  using  spoken  language  and  SGD  •  At  least  50%  of  ueerances,  70%  of  expansions  

•  Child  could  speak  or  use  SGD  to  respond  and  communicate              

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Use  of  SGD  •  SGD  available  to  the  child    

•  Programmed  pages  for  toys  sets  

•  Used  communica?vely  with  the  child  •  50%  of  adult  ueerance  •  70%  of  adult  expansions    

•  Child  could  respond  to  prompts  with  either  SGD  or  spoken  language  

•  Embedded  in  JASPER-­‐EMT  interac?ons  

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Results  •  70%  of  whole  group  met  criterion  for    response  to  treatment  at  week  12  •  Greater    percentage  of  par?cipants  in  the  JASP  +  EMT+  SGD  group  (77%)  were    early  treatment  responders  than  in  the  JASP  +SGD  group  (62%)  

 •       Par?cipants  in  the  JASP  +  EMT  +SGD  group  had  :  

•  more  Social  Communica?ve  Ueerances  (SCU),    •  greater  Number  of  Different  Word  Roots  (NDW),  •  more  comments  (COM)  than  par?cipants  in  JASP+  EMT  group  

•  Both  groups  shows  gains  over  ?me  in  SCU  and  NDW;  only    the              JASP+EMT+SGD  group  showed  gains  in  COM    

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Results  At  12  Weeks  Baseline   12  weeks     Treatment    

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24.3   8.1   62.2%  

JASP  +  EMT  +  SGD    

30.5   17.6   5.1   54.4   33.1   14.1   77.7%      

(difference)   19.1   8.8   6.0   15%  

Effect  Size   .57   .34   .51  

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INTERVENTION  ON  EXPRESSIVE  LANGUAGE  OF  TODDLERS  WITH  DOWN  SYNDROME.  Wright,  C.A.,  Kaiser,  A.P.,  Reikowsky,  D.I.,  &  Roberts,  M.Y.  (2013).  Journal  of  Speech,  Language,  and  Hearing  Research,  56,  994-­‐1008.      

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Children  with  Down  Syndrome  

Communica1on  Challenges   Adapta1ons  Low  rate  of  symbol  infused  joint  aeen?on  

Model  communica?on  in  joint  engagement  episodes  

Poor  ar?cula?on  skills   Teach  sign  +  word  as  mode  

Poor  auditory  memory/  strong  visual  skills  

Model  words  +  sign  

Poor  generaliza?on  across  partners,  se]ngs  

Teach  with  mul?ple  partners,  se]ngs,  ac?vi?es  

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Children  with  Down  Syndrome  Study  Component   Descrip1on  

Design   Mul?ple  Baseline  Single  Subject  

Interven?on     EMT  Words  +  Signs  24  sessions  at  home    Therapist  +  Parent    

Measures   Pre,  Post,  ever  3  months  Standardized,  observa?onal,  parent  report  Use  of  signs  

Par?cipants   Gender:  1  male,  2  female  Average  age:  25  months  (2.83)  Average  Mullen:  69  (8.04)  Average  PLS-­‐Total  Standard  Score:  67.25  (5.32)  

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Intervention  Variation  •  EMT  Words  +  Signs    •   Simplify  and  reduce  promp?ng  

• Parent  training  aoer  responding  to  prompts  was  established  with  therapist    

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activities  with  parents• Phase  2,  teaching  parents  • Wright  et  al,  under  review

Parent  Outcomes Child  Outcomes%  Matched  Turns %  Targets %  Expansions %    Correct  Time  Delay %  Correct  

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Ryan 41% 90% 1% 74% 0% 48% 0% 83% 0% 94% 0% 82% 3 14.5Erin 36% 82% 7% 64% 3% 57% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0% 66% 18.5 30.5Jay 34% 95% 2% 75% 0% 60% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0% 80% 11 24

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EFFECTS  OF  EMT+PE  ON  THE  LANGUAGE  SKILLS  OF  YOUNG  CHILDREN  WITH  CLEFT  PALATE  Kaiser,  Scherer,  Frey  &  Roberts  (  in  prepara?on)    NIDCD  1R21DCOO9654    

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Children  with  Repaired  Cleft  Communica1on  Challenges   Adapta1ons  

Low  intelligibility   Recast  unintelligible  ueerances,  model  phonological  targets  

Low  rate  of  communica?on   Use  responsiveness  strategies  to  increase  rate  of  communica?ng  

Ooen  shy,    nonresponsive  to  promp?ng   Increase  promp?ng  aoer  12-­‐24  sessions  

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Children  with  Repaired  Cleft  Study  Component   Descrip1on  

Design   Pilot  Randomized  Clinical  Trial  7  Interven?on  ,  9  Control  

Interven?on     PE-­‐EMT  48  sessions  in  the  clinic  Therapist  only  

Measures   Pre,  Mid,  Post,    3  months,  6  months  Standardized,  observa?onal,  parent  report  

Par?cipants   Average  age:  25  months  Average  Bayley  Cogni?ve  Score:  101  Gender:  69%  male  PLS-­‐4:  100  

Scherer  &  Kaiser,  2010    NIDCD  1R21DC009654-­‐01A1  

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Intervention  Variation  • Phonological  Emphasis    PE-­‐EMT  

• Choose  word  targets  with  target  sounds  

• Recast  for  phonological  correctness  

•  Simplify  prompt  sequence  

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Tools  for  Practice  Skills  Needed  for  Effective  Intervention      •  Fluent  in  the  use  of  EMT*  •  Skills  for  training  parents  and  partners*  •  Skilled  in  the  addi?onal  components  

•  JASPER  hep://www.interac?ngwithau?sm.com/sec?on/trea?ng/jasper  

•  AAC  (sign  or  SGD)  •  Speech  recas?ng  •  Discrete  trial  training  

   

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*  Informa?on  available  at  hep://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kidtalk/  

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Tools  for  Practice  Assessment  &  Progress  Monitoring    •  Structured  Play  Assessment    *  •  Language  Sample*  

•  Transcribed    •  Coded  for  gesture  •  Words,  MLU,  rate  of  ini?a?ons,  rate  of  communica?on,  consonant  produc?on    

•  Speech  assessments  •   Arizona,  PEEPS  or  language  sample  with  consonants  transcribed    

•     Baseline  EMT  session*  •  Responsiveness  to  comments,  TD,  Prompts;  •  Prompted  and  spontaneous  verbal  imita?on  •  Use  of  targets  

•  Imita?on  probe  *  •  Recep?ve  language  probe  :  recep?ve  object  and  picture  labeling  •  Toy  preference  assessment  (ongoing)    

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*  Informa?on  available  at  hep://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kidtalk/  

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 Tools  for  Practice    

Progress  Monitoring  is  Essential      •  Every  child  presents  unique  challenges  in  implemen?ng  EMT  •  How  child  is  responding  to  the  interven?on  is  the  test  of  whether  the  fit  is  right  

•  Adap?ve  treatments  are  the  4th  genera?on  of  language  interven?on    

•  Quick  tools  for  monitoring:  •  IGDI  hep://www.igdi.ku.edu/  •  Trackers  for  session  data  for  therapist  and  child  *  

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 Tools  for  Practice    Fidelity  and  Dosage  Matter    •  Is  the  interven?on  being  

delivered  at  fidelity?  •  Is  the  dosage  of  components  within  in  the  interven?on  sessions  sufficient?  •  Models,  expansions,  prompts  

•  Is  child  responding  to  the  ac?ve  ingredients?  

•  Are  sessions  frequent  enough,  long  enough?  

•  Do  other  partners  need  to  be  trained  to  increase  dosage  

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 Last  words  •  EMT  is  a  complex  interven?on  

•  The  core  of  the  interven?on  is  always  the  social  communica?ve  connec?on  between  the  child  and  the  therapist  

•  The  most  important  immediate  outcome  is    communica?on  

•  Fine  tuning  interven?ons  to  child  needs  and  characteris?cs  can  improve  outcomes,  but  only  when  the  core  the  of  the  interven?on  is    working.  

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References    •  Kaiser,  A.P.,  &  Roberts,  M.Y.  (2013).  Parent-­‐implemented  enhanced  milieu  teaching  with  

preschool  children  with  intellectual  disabili?es.  Journal  of  Speech,  Language,  and  Hearing  Research,  56,  295-­‐309.  

•  Kaiser,  A.P.,  &  Wright,  C.A.  (2013).  Enhanced  milieu  teaching:  Incorpora?ng  AAC  into  naturalis?c  teaching  with  young  children  and  their  partners.  Perspec=ves  on  Augmenta=ve  and  Alterna=ve  Communica=on,  22,  37-­‐50.  

•  Kaiser,  A.P.  &  Roberts,  M.Y.  (2013).  Parents  as  communica?on  partners:  An  evidence  based  strategy  for  improving  parent  support  for  language  and  communica?on  in  everyday  se]ngs.  Perspec=ves  on  Language  Learning  and  Educa=on,  20(3),  97-­‐114.    

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Acknowledgements  •  KidTalk  Research  Team  at  Vanderbilt    

•  Jennifer  Niereld,  Stephanie  Jordan,  Suzanne  Thrower,  Courtney  Wright,  Lauren  Hampton,  Kelly  Windsor,  Julie  Bryant,  Lizzy  Fuller,  Jodi  Heidlage,  Kim  McCulla,  Morgan  Lueck  

•  Families  and  children  who  par?cipated  in  our  studies    

 •  Our  collaborators  

•  Connie  Kasari  (UCLA)    •  Danny  Almirall  (Univ  of  Michigan),  •  Rebecca  Landa  (Kennedy  Kreiger,  Johns  

Hopkins  Univ)    •  Tristam  Smith  (Univ  of  Rochester)  •  Nancy  Scherer(  ASU)    •  Jennifer  Frey  (  GWU)  •  Megan  Roberts  (  Northwestern  Univ)    •  Juliann  Woods  (FSU)    

•  For  more  informa?on  [email protected]