Increasing Parent and Teacher Involvement
$15.00

Course Type: Video – 1 hour
ASHA Course Code: Developmental Language Disorders – 3010
Involving caregivers and teachers in the therapeutic process is a major component of successful therapy. Â However, social, familial, personal, and environmental factors can complicate efforts to engage caregivers and teachers.
In this course, we identify the benefits of family involvement and will then provide five research-based strategies for how to improve our interactions with families and teachers. Â We refer to the strategies as SMILE (Sign, Model, Imitate, Label, and Expand). Â These strategies have been found to improve communication skills in young children. Â We will define the SMILE strategies, provide the rationale behind them, and demonstrate how to implement the strategies when serving an early childhood population.
Additional Information
Population | Early Childhood, School Age |
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Topics | SLP Professional |
Duration | 1 hour |
Credit | .1 Continuing Education Unit |
Format | Video |
Financial Disclosure: Scott Prath, M.A., CCC-SLP is a salaried employee of Bilinguistics. Bilinguistics receives royalty payments for online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Scott Prath does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.
Financial Disclosure: Katherine Johnson, M.A., CCC-SLP is a salaried employee of Bilinguistics. Bilinguistics receives royalty payments for online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Katherine Johnson does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.
Participants will be able to:
• Describe why family involvement has a positive impact on therapy outcomes
• List three factors that can reduce parent involvement
• Summarize one theoretical model of social systems
• Assess intervention strategies to identify whether they are designed to increase family involvement
Time-Ordered Agenda:
07 minutes: Introduction, Background and Development
10 minutes: Importance of Family Involvement
08 minutes: Empowering Families 5 minutes: Models of Service Delivery
05 minutes: Teacher and Family Perspectives 5 minutes: SLP Perspectives
10 minutes: Case Studies
05 minutes: Demographics
5 minutes: Social Systems Theories
5 minutes: Case Studies
5 minutes: SMILE Components
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