Welcome to More Than Words

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Welcome to More Than Words
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What is the Program?
Naturalistic
Language is learned in everyday situations
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International Reputation
Over 25,000 Speech-Language Pathologists and
other professionals in 100 countries use Hanen
resources in their work with parents and
caregivers of young children
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What Your Child Needs in Treatment

• To learn to pay attention
• To learn to imitate
• To learn to understand
• To learn to play better
• To interact often with you and others
• Predictability and structure

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What Does the Research Show?

• Naturalistic approaches that are structured are
  the best ones for children with social
  communication difficulties
• Recommendation from The National Research
  Council on Educational Interventions

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What Does the Research Show?

• Parent involvement is essential
• Parents are the best teachers

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Research on More Than Words

• The University of Toronto, Department of Speech
  Language Pathology
• McGill University in Montreal
• Department of Psychiatry
• U of Newcastle in England
• Department of Psychiatry
• Universities of Miami, Massachusetts, Vanderbilt
• effects on at-risk 15-21 month olds

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Who Attends More Than Words
Families of children with ASD or
social-communication difficulties

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What is ASD?
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What is ASD?

• Social Interaction
• Communication
• Play

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What is a Social Communication Disorder?

• Social Interaction
• Communication
• Play

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Children with Social and Communication
Difficulties

• May have no words
• May have trouble paying attention
• May talk but have difficulty using words to
  carry on conversations
• Arent always able to include another person
  when they play with a toy
• May pull and lead to let you know what they want
• May have unusual and/or limited interests

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All children with autism spectrum disorder have
social communication difficulties, but all
children with social/ communication difficulties
dont get a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
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More Than Words Program Schedule
Pre-program consultation with each family

• Get to Know More About Your Childs Communication

2. Follow Your Childs Lead
Video

• Make the Connection with People Games Songs
  

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More Than Words Program Schedule

• Help Your child Understand What You Say R.O.C.K.
  in Your Routines

• Use Visual Helpers

Video

• Bring on the Books

• Take out the Toys

Video

• Lets Make Friends

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Agenda for Session 1

• Introductions
• What is ASD?
• Learning Style and Sensory Preferences
• What is Communication?
• The Four Stages of Communication
• Give Your Child a Reason toCommunicate and Wait
• Be at your Childs Physical Level

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Agenda for Session 2

• Homework Discussion - OWL
• Observe
• Wait
• Listen
• Why Follow Your Childs Lead
• Use The Four I way
• Include
• Interpret
• Imitate
• Intrude
• Look at How You Affect Your Childs Communication
• Helper/Teacher
• Cheerleader
• Partner

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Agenda for Session 3

• Home Visit Video Review
• Lets R.O.C.K.
• People Games
• Make the Most of Music

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Agenda for Session 4

• How did it go?
• What helps your child understand?
• R.O.C.K. in your routines
• Questions
• Help your child understand what you say
• Get ready for Home Visit 2

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Agenda for Session 5

• Home Visit Videos
• What are Visual Helpers?
• Why do we use Visual Helpers?
• What do we use Visual Helpers for?
• Tips for using Visual Helpers

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Agenda for Session 6

• Visual Helpers at Home
• Types of Books
• Book Stages
• Choosing Goals
• R.O.C.K. and Read with the Four Is the Four
  Ss!
• Make a Book

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Agenda for Session 7

• How did it go with Books?
• Kinds of Toys
• Stages of Play
• Communication During Play
• Choosing Goals
• Putting it all Together in Play (R.O.C.K., Follow
  with The Four Is, The Four Ss, Visual
  Helpers)

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Agenda for Session 8

• Stages of Peer Play
• Making friends Six Guidelines
• A Look Back
• Home movies
• Course evaluation
• A Look Forward
• Where do we go from here?

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More Than WordsSchedule

• October 1 Orientation
• October 8 Session 1
• October 15 Session 2
• October 22 Video Taping Week
• October 29 Session 3
• November 5 Session 4
• November 12 Session 5
• November 19 Video Taping Week
• December 3 Session 6
• December 10 Session 7
• December 17 Video Taping Week
• CHRISTMAS BREAK - TWO WEEKS OFF
• January 7 Session 8

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MORE THAN WORDS

• 
  THE HANEN PROGRAM
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  For Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum
  Disorder
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  Offered by
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  The Speech and Language Ability
  Center
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  Nancy J.M. Rice, MA,
  CCC-SLP
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  and
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  Vicki L. Andre, MA,
  CCC-SLP
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  Speech and Language
  Pathologists
• What is it?
• More Than Words is a family-focused program that
  gives parents of children with Autism Spectrum
  Disorder practical tools to help their children
  communicate.
• Informative and personal classes for small groups
  of parents
• Individual video feedback sessions of you
  interacting with your child, so you can see
  what is helping
• What will parents learn?
• How your child communicates and the next steps to
  take
• How your child learns best
• What motivates your child to communicate
• How to use pictures and print to help your
  childs understanding
• How to talk so that your child can understand you

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