Comments on: Hanen eSeminars: Choosing initial vocabulary targets and a competition for Autism Awareness month

By: Anna Caruana Smith

Anna Caruana Smith — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:04:47 +0000

Thanks for posting about the Hanen e-seminars, I didn’t know they existed! I often target vocabulary which has symbolic noises attached to the words e.g car (beep beep/brrrrm), dog (woof), train (choo choo) etc, and try to use play with lots of opportunities for this e.g train set, farm set etc!

By: Katie Price

Katie Price — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:09:35 +0000

specific vocabulary can be identified by watching what the child really wants and what they are motivated by, which can be totally different to what the parent thinks they will want to say! I also find most success by hooking new vocabulary to consistent vocalisations the child is already using as well.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter this draw! 🙂 Katie

By: Lydie

Lydie — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:47:31 +0000

I’ve followed some MOOCs but no eSeminar so far, it looks really interesting!
The vocabulary targets I’ve had most success with are “encore” (more), “ballon” (baloon), “chat” (cat), “livre” (book) and “ipad” but the majority of these words are about material I use in therapy, so not very functionnal for the child’s life at home.
I’m looking forward some improvement of my work in this field.
Lydie (french SLT, sorry for my poor English)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:20:06 +0000

An e seminar sounds great. I’ve re entry moved to a new area and it’s hard to access training.
I think “more” is often very successful with my younger students especially when linked to highly desired activities of the child’s interests