Week 4: Principles of Intervention Flashcards
What are the Purposes of Intervention?
4
Change or eliminate underlying problem
Change the disorder
Teach compensatory strategies
Modifying communicative context (group size, requesting vs demanding, etc.)
What three ways do we intervene in and change language behavior?
(3)
Facilitation
Maintenance
Induction
How does Facilitation intervene in and change language behavior?
(3)
Helps the child reach milestones sooner
Increases awareness
Builds foundation for future skills
How does Maintenance intervene in and change language behavior?
Preserving behavior that might decrease or disappear
How does Induction intervene in and change language behavior?
Determines acquisition of new skills (teaching ASL, etc.)
How do we use Evidence-Based Practices clinically?
2
Integrating clinical expertise with the best available research evidence
Examine external vs. internal evidence
What should we think about regarding External Evidence?
2
Be skeptical
Grade the studies you find on relevance, level of evidence, and the direction, strength, and consistency of observed outcomes
What is Internal Evidence?
2
Clinical experience
Family preferences
How can you formulate EBP clinical questions using PICO?
P-Patient/problem: individualize the question
I-Intervention: choose an intervention that has internal evidence and face validity for this Patient
C-Comparison: identify a comparison treatment (such as your usual approach) to compare and contrast with Intervention
O-Outcome: specify a desired outcome
What should we consider when setting intervention goals?
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Setting Priorities
Communicative function of goals
New forms to express old functions (or new functions to express old forms)
Teachability
Client phonological skills
What the three levels of intervention goals?
Basic
Intermediate
Specific
What should we consider before prioritizing goals?
Zone of Proximal Development
What is Clinician-Directed Intervention?
3
Drill
Drill-play
Modeling
What is Child-Centered Intervention?
2
Facilitated play
Indirect language stimulation
What is Mixed Intervention?
4
Focused stimulation
Vertical structuring
Milieu Communication Training (MST)
Script therapy