What is early childhood intervention? -- From referral to individualized family service plan development : the 45-day process -- Working within our culturally and linguistically diverse world -- Visiting in natural environments -- Coaching parents and primary caregivers -- Collaboration with other service providers -- Screening and assessment strategies : standardized assessment tools -- Informal communication-specific assessment tools : evaluation and ongoing assessment -- Approaches to intervention -- Overview of children with medically complex, articulation, and/or hearing issues -- Overview of children with language, pragmatics, and/or developmental delays -- Working with the whole child -- Moving forward : the transition process out of part C -- Early learning guidelines -- Making connections for a healthy and productive future
Summary
"Speech-Language Pathologists in Early Childhood Intervention: Working with Infants, Toddlers, Families, and Other Care Providers presents practicing clinicians and graduate students with the skills necessary to provide evidence-based best practice services to young clients struggling to gain functional communication skills and their families. It also serves to broaden the understanding of early intervention within the field of speech-language pathology. Through research, real life scenarios, and practical documents the text presents positive advocacy for this population
