18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
Birth-3 Social Skills for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Research shows that verbal social skills or pragmatic language skills are often deficient for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. As Speech-Language Pathologists who address the development of communication skills, pragmatics should be included as a primary long-term goal taught both directly and indirectly. Social abilities begin much earlier than people typically perceive. These abilities should begin to develop at birth and continue throughout our lifespan. For children who are in the birth-three age range, we must begin by teaching early social communication between parents, peers, family members and various communication partners. At our Center, the approach to treating individualized early social communication is multifaceted. Many tools can be utilized in a specific manner to model and elicit appropriate pragmatic skills. Tools and materials utilized range from group interaction, books, toys, social situational stories, and songs. In therapy, the age-appropriate social skills can include: turn taking, asking/answering questions, manners, retelling stories with sequencing, making predictions and inferencing with emotions, sharing, requesting, appropriate interjections, and transitions between activities. This poster will highlight age-appropriate verbal social communication milestones and effective interventions for early interventionists, parents, caretakers, and speech-language pathologists.
- Identify appropriate social skill milestones for children from 0-12 months and effective interventions.
- Identify appropriate social skill milestones for children from 12-24 months and effective interventions.
- Identify appropriate social skill milestones for children from 24-36 months and effective interventions.
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Presenter: Emily Noss
Emily Noss is an Assistant Professor in Speech-Language Pathology at The University of Tennessee, Health Science Center in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Emily practices in the Child Hearing Services (CHS) Clinic in Knoxville. She specializes in pediatric Aural Habilitation for children who use cochlear implants and hearing aids, aural/oral communication assessments, pre- and post-cochlear implant evaluations, parent guidance and education, adult cochlear implant auditory training, and Alternative/augmentative communication.
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Ashley Irick is an Instructor in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Ashley practices in the Child Hearing Services clinic in Knoxville. She specializes in pediatric Aural Habilitation for children who use hearing aids and cochlear implants, aural/oral communication assessments, pre- and post-cochlear implant evaluations, family guidance and education, adult cochlear implant auditory training, and auditory processing disorders.
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Autumn Sanderson is an Instructor in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Autumn practices in the Child Hearing Services clinic in Knoxville. She specializes in pediatric Aural Habilitation for children who use hearing aids and cochlear implants, aural/oral communication assessments, pre- and post-cochlear implant evaluations, family guidance and education, adult cochlear implant auditory training, and auditory processing disorders.
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Jestina Bunch has been with UTHSC since August 2015 as a Clinical Assistant Professor serving children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing. Mrs. Bunch provides aural/oral evaluation, auditory training, and aural rehabilitation treatment to individuals who use cochlear implants and hearing aids.
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