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Routines-Based Early Intervention Guidebook

Using this Guidebook

A Sample Session

A program is successful when there is long‐term planning, consistency across
sessions, and progress monitoring. Collec ng baseline data in the ﬁrst session and addi onal
data in each subsequent session is central to this process. In the ﬁrst session the
interven onist and the caregiver should work together to complete the baseline Data
Collec on Sheet found at the end of Session 1: Daily Rou ne/La Ru na Diaria (1.4). Together
they can select one daily rou ne on which to focus and record detailed informa on that can
be used to monitor the child’s growth in recep ve and expressive language skills from the
beginning to the end of the program. This sheet can also be reproduced to collect baseline
data for addi onal daily rou nes that are used throughout the program. A Data Collec on
Sheet should be kept for each rou ne that is presented and should take no more than a few
minutes of each session to update.

This program allows the interven onist and caregivers the ﬂexibility to determine
which strategies and daily rou nes they will use in the order that is most relevant to the
family and the child. The rest of the daily rou nes do not have to be used in any speciﬁc
order a er Session 1. The interven onist can then demonstrate use of the strategy for the
caregivers within the daily rou ne and allow them an opportunity to prac ce it themselves.
This will lead to a discussion of what the strategy is, how to use it within the context of the
daily rou ne, and why it will be helpful for their child. The interven onist and caregiver can
select daily rou nes, important words, and strategies on which they would like to focus. The
Session Record Form can be used to keep track of the rou nes and strategies that are used
with the child, as well as the goal for each session, and the results that are reported by
parents at the beginning of the following session. In addi on, within each daily rou ne there
is a page with ac vity ideas that also serves as a tool for progress monitoring and can be
employed to:

 Record which of the SMILE strategies the caregivers will use to help the child between
sessions.
 Determine what new goals, words, and communica on skills the caregivers would like
the child to accomplish.
 Provide addi onal sugges ons for improving speech produc on through cueing or
modeling strategies.
 Serve as ‘homework’ for the caregivers to complete between visits and show to the
therapist in the following session.
 Make addi onal notes about what the caregivers did to help the child, how the child
responded, and what ques ons the caregivers have about using the strategy.

On the following page is an example of a therapy session with a sample script.
Addi onal copies can be printed for free at www.bilinguis cs.com

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