Building language using Lego® bricks : a practical guide /

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Harness the power of LEGO® bricks to promote essential skills in children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. This practical guide is full of information and tips on identifying areas of language need, how to implement and run interventions successfully, and how to measur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ralph, Dawn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.
Temas:
Autistic children > Education.
Autistic children > Language.
LEGO toys.
Communicative disorders in children.
Enfants autistes > Éducation.
Enfants autistes > Langage.
LEGO (Jouets)
Troubles de la communication chez l'enfant.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Autistic children > Education
Autistic children > Language
Communicative disorders in children
LEGO toys
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What Are Autism and Language Impairment?
  • What is autism?
  • Autism and play
  • What is language impairment?
  • ch. 2 Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks and LEGO® Therapy
  • Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks
  • Cognitive abilities
  • Age range
  • Diagnosis
  • Linguistic ability
  • Roles
  • Reinforcers
  • ch. 3 Aims
  • Development of joint attention
  • Listening and attention control
  • Receptive and expressive language
  • Development of early concepts
  • Learning to label emotions
  • Problem solving and communication repair
  • Turn taking and patience
  • Range of language functions
  • Bilateral integration and fine motor skills
  • Eye contact
  • ch. 4 Why Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks Works
  • Theory of mind
  • Weak central coherence
  • Executive functions
  • Poor ability to jointly attend
  • Theories of word learning
  • ch. 5 Starting Off
  • Pairing clients
  • Assessment
  • establishing a baseline of skills
  • What am I testing?
  • Testing understanding of colour names
  • Testing understanding of prepositions (positional concepts)
  • Testing understanding of shape
  • Testing concepts of measure
  • Testing the number of ICW understood
  • ch. 6 Progressing Skills
  • Role of the facilitator
  • Prompting
  • Facilitating form of language
  • ch. 7 Guidelines for Setting Up and Running Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks Sessions
  • Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks in school
  • Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks at home
  • ch. 8 Measuring Outcomes
  • Target-based outcomes
  • Satisfaction-based outcomes
  • ch. 9 Examples of Cases
  • John
  • James
  • Using Building Language using LEGO® Bricks with non-verbal or pre-verbal children
  • Conclusion.

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