Caregiver Strategies Examples Flashcards
Child: Kitty eat.
Adult: What is the kitty eating?
Vertical Structuring
Adult uses questions to encourage the child to produce longer or more complex sentences.
Child: Kitty eat.
Adult: The kitty is eating because she is …
Fill-ins
Adult structures the conversation so that the child provides a word or phrase to complete the statement.
Child:
Adult: I’m feeding the kitty.
Self-talk
Adult describes actions using verbal script.
Child: Kitty eat.
Adult: You’re watching the kitty eat.
Parallel talk
Adult describes the child’s actions; Used to model new vocabulary and grammatical structure.
Child: Kitty eat.
Adult: Time for kitty to eat. Time for kitty to eat.
Repetition
Adult facilitates the development of new sentence structure by repeating all or part of the child’s comment.
Child: Kitty eat.
Adult: Kitty is eating his food.
Adult: Kitty is hungry
Extension (content)
Adult restates the child’s telegraphic speech into a more complete thought by adding new information.
Child: Kitty eat.
Adult: Yes, the kitty is eating.
Expansion (form)
Adult recasts child’s effort to reflect appropriate grammar; used to introduce and build vocabulary.
Adult recasts child’s effort to reflect appropriate grammar; used to introduce and build vocabulary.
Expansion (form)
Adult restates the child’s telegraphic speech into a more complete thought by adding new information.
Extension (content)
Adult facilitates the development of new sentence structure by repeating all or part of the child’s comment.
Repetition
Adult describes the child’s actions; Used to model new vocabulary and grammatical structure.
Parallel talk
Adult describes actions using verbal script.
Self-talk
Adult uses questions to encourage the child to produce longer or more complex sentences.
Vertical Structuring
Adult structures the conversation so that the child provides a word or phrase to complete the statement.
Fill-ins
