Lec 11 Develop Expressive Language

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Strategies to help children

develop expressive language

• Identifying processes in expressive language

• Encouraging children to use gestures, drawing

writing to aid understanding of their speech

• Helping children to develop strategies for word

nding

• Helping children to develop narrative skills

• Developing strategies for helping children prom

discourse competence


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Children with expressive language difcultie

• If a child's speech and language production appears to or disordered in any way when compared to other childrenthis is called an expressive language di!culty"

• #ou may nd that a child speaks normally, ut sounds likyounger child" $erhaps they are only using one or two woror perhaps they are speaking in short telegrams, rather thsentences when compared to the others"

• #ou may notice that some children speak unclearly, cannordinate their speech sounds correctly, consistently swap sseem unale to 'get their tongues around' certain sounds"

• ome children appear to speak nonsense and may evendeveloped their own ank of words for certain things & we

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Supporting children with expressive languagedifcultiesWhat to do?

• keep a note of the speech sounds a child can make" It is uto tape record these, taking a sample oth in the setting home where the child will e more relaxed"

• If word that is not clear, do not ask them to say it correctInstead, repeat the word clearly to them so that they can the correct version"

• use puppet play and telephone play to encourage vocalis

• play together in small groups so that the child has a ettechance to listen carefully and respond"


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Supporting children with expressive langdifculties

When to seek help

• *t rst, toddlers may repeat the rst syllale of a woperhaps saying 'oo' for 'oat'" +hey may also repeconsonant in dierent positions y saying 'gog' for 'deek helps if it continues up to the age of -"

• +wo&year&olds still tend to miss o nal consonants, 'ca' for cat, or shorten words, such as 'oo' for 'lue.

• *ll children start with single words, move on to douand then try short phrases followed y longer sentennormal for them to sound like little telegrams at rst

seek help if this persists to age four"


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• +ypically, 'm', 'p', '' and 'w' sounds

develop rst, soon followed y 'n', 't' and'd' when the child is one&to&two&years&old" +he two&year&old egins to use 'k', 'g', 'h'and 'f' sounds, followed y 'y' and 'I' whenthey are aout three" It is very common forthree&year&olds to say 'lellow' for 'yellow' or

to nd it hard to say 'th' or 'sh' & these aresimply immaturities that generally clear upy school age"

• If help may e needed, en/uire aout areferral to speech and language therapy


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Supporting children with expressive langudifculties

0hen the child is reading a story 1or reading to2, use thto develop her3his language, thinking and reading skillsideas to help encourage these skills are listed elow4

• *sk 5uestions& 6se those who, what, when, where

to ask aout the characters and events that took pstory" +his is a good model to show your child how formulate /uestions and will encourage your child /uestions to seek needed information and gain kn

• $redict the )utcome of the tory& *sk your child to


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• 9etell the tory& *fter the story 1orchapter2 , have the child re&tell it 1orgive a rief summary for olderchildren2 in se/uence" Encourage thechild to give details"

• :or young children not yet reading ,have them create their own pictureook, y drawing" +hey can then,;read< their story and can use the

aove suggestions"

• 0ord of the Day& Introduce avocaulary word of the day and seewho can get the most points y usingthe word correctly during that day"

• +echnology assistance = tape


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How to Help Children With Expressive Languag

Talk !out "t

tep >4 +alk to your child aout everything you do, whether driving in th

shopping or going on a family outing"

tep ?4 @ake picture ooks aout a family outing or vacation" Encouragewrite a sentence for each picture"

tep -4 Aisten to what your child has to say" 0hen children elieve that tattempts are acknowledged and appreciated, it encourages further atte

tep B4 +ell stories to help your child develop an understanding of se/ueyour storytelling, giving him the opportunity to make comments"

tep C4 Expand on his communication attempts y making comments an/uestions" *sk /uestions that re/uire more than a yes&no response to enconversation"

tep 4 $rovide a good communication model & 6se correct grammar wh


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#ead$ #ead$ #ead

tep >4 9ead ooks that provide your child with good gramsentences and new vocaulary to develop expressive langu

skills" +he *merican *cademy of $ediatrics recommends dareading eginning at months of age for the developmentlanguage and literacy"

tep ?4 +alk aout the plot as you read" 0onder aloud,


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%laying

tep >4 +alk aout activgames as you play with

your child" $layone gives him the

freedom to talactivity without

having to commore veral silings"

tep ?4 $lay word games such as I py or +wenty 5uestionre/uire your child to assimilate information to make reasonguesses" +ake time to help him see relationships etween c

the answers he gives" :or example, point out that if the o(


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&isual supports can !e used as they are adapta!le$ pand can !e used in )ost situations*

0e see and use visual prompts every day, for example roadmaps and shopping lists" +hey help us to function, to underworld around us, and provide us with valuale information"

@any people with an autism are thought to e visual learnepresenting information in a visual way can help to encouragsupport people'scommunication, language development and aility to procetion" It can also promote independence, uild condence and raesteem"

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