Early Building Blocks for Learning

Promoting Social Communication & Early Learning Behaviors in Children

Strategies & Tips for Promoting Early Social Communication

Common Terms.pdf

Common Terms

A Review of Terms Commonly Used in Handouts

WhatisComm.pdf

How Does My Child Communicate?

An Overview of All Types of Communication

Words & Phrases.pdf

Selecting Instructional Targets

Common instructional targets for young children, beginning with first words, word combinations, and more complex sentences.

LessonPlan.pdf

Lesson Plans for Words & Phrases

This form is designed to create a plan for targeting words and phrases during play-based sessions or throughout the day.

EAS Chavez Lane Graley.pdf

Arrange the Environment

Strategies to Promote Communication

Lane_responsive.pdf

The Foundation for Interacting and Teaching

How to be Responsive during Play

Lane_modelingupdated.pdf

Modeling to Teach

Teaching New Words and Phrases during Play

Lane_openended_updated.pdf

Increasing Responding

Using Open-Ended Questions and Statements to Teach

Lane_timedelay.pdf

Waiting is Teaching

Using Time Delay to Promote Initiations during Play

Lane_combined.pdf

Combining Procedures

A Brief Guide on Combining Procedures during Play

Routines.pdf

Establishing Routines

A Brief Guide on How to Engage a Child in Play

Home Activities for Language Development.pdf

Home Activities

A Handout Shared with us by Micaela Zimmerman and Katie Goldey

Incidental Teaching.pdf

Incidental Teaching

An overview for promoting elaborated forms of requests.

FAQ.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

Clarifying information to common questions.

Supports for Young Children who are Minimally Verbal

DefineMV.pdf

Overview of How to Define "Minimally Verbal" for Young Children

MV_Int.pdf

An Intervention for Children who are Minimally Verbal

ExpandingVocab.pdf

A Strategy for Expanding Vocabulary of Children who are Minimally Verbal