Evidence-Based Language and Communication Interventions for Children with ASD and Down
Evidence-Based Language and Communication Interventions for Children with ASD and Down Syndrome
Paul Yoder, PhD, CCC-SLP
Friday May 6, 2016
Folkman Auditorium
Boston Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
16th Annual Harriet Needleman Lecture
Sponsored by
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement
Conference Description
Many children with ASD have difficulty learning to talk, while students with Down syndrome can have a lifelong challenge making their speech comprehensible to strangers. This course will cover the empirical and theoretical bases for Milieu Communication Teaching and Broad Target Speech Recasts. In the first part of the course, Dr. Yoder will discuss Milieu Communication Teaching, a particularly promising method to aid the transition to spoken communication. There will be much emphasis on details of this therapy approach. Attendees will be able to identify for whom this treatment works, how many sessions per week are needed to impact expressive language, and why. Later in the day, Dr. Yoder will cover the empirical and theoretical bases for Broad Target Speech Recasts, one of the only treatments shown to have an effect on the comprehensibility of conversational speech in students with Down syndrome. Results of a recent study that identified for whom this treatment works and why, and details on a new instrument that helps to identify these children, will be provided. Course attendees will come away with knowledge that will improve their clinical activities with young children with ASD, the younger siblings of children with ASD, and elementary-aged students with Down syndrome.
Conference Schedule
8:00 – 8:30 Check- in
8:30 – 9:30 The basis for helping children
learn to talk
9:30 – 10:00Managing the risk of
communication disorders in
younger siblings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:30 Milieu Communication Teaching
Part I
11:30 – 12:45 Lunch (on your own)
12:45 – 2:15Milieu Communication Teaching
Part II
2:15 – 2:30Break
2:30 – 3:45Broad Target Speech Recasts
3:45 – 4:00Questions
Learner Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Discuss the empirical and theoretical bases for Milieu Communication Teaching
- Describe which students would benefit from Milieu Communication Teaching, and why
-Discuss the empirical and theoretical bases of Broad Target Speech Recasts
- Explain which students would benefit from Broad Target Speech Recasts
- Provide information on an instrument to determine which students would benefit from Broad Target Speech Recasts
About the Speaker
Paul Yoder is an applied researcher and professor at Vanderbilt University. For over 30 years, he has been studying social and within-child influences on early language and communication development in children with ASD and Down syndrome. A particular focus of this work has been on research that enables differential selection of treatment types to match the characteristics of children.
Disclosures
Financial: Dr. Yoder will receive a speaking fee from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Non-Financial: Dr. Yoder is the co-designer of Milieu Communication Teaching and Broad Target Speech Recasts.
About CEUs
This program is offered for 0.55 CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)
Directions to the Conference
Boston Children's Hospital is accessible by public transportation or by car. For directions, visit the hospital’s website ( or call 617-355-6251.
If you are driving, there are several area garages on Longwood Avenue where you can park for a daily rate, including the Boston Children’s Garage, garage at 333 Longwood, and garage at 375 Longwood (3 blocks from hospital).
If you are taking the MBTA Subway (T), there are 2 Green Line stops close to Children’s. Take the Green Line “D” train to the Longwood stop. Walk across the Riverway and follow Longwood Avenue four blocks to the hospital, which will be on your right.
OR
Take the Green Line “E” train to the Longwood Medical Area stop. Walk down Longwood Avenue two blocks to the hospital, which will be on your left.
PLEASE NOTE: Regular parking fees apply. There is no discounted parking rate for conference attendees.
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Evidence-Based Language and Communication Interventions for Children with ASD and Down Syndrome
Friday May 6, 2016
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