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From: David Shapiro
Date: 07 Oct 2008
Time: 13:00:33 -0500
Remote Name: 152.30.155.38
Hi Cindy, You are asking a good question and already received some great feedback and suggestions. As noted earlier, I too would need to know more in order to make specific suggestions. However, it sounds as if you could benefit from some guidance from your speech-language pathologist (i.e., assuming that one is working with you and your child). You are right - Home activities indeed are a critical part of the intervention process. For that reason, I recommend that clinicians not only tell the families what should be done outside. Good teaching involves at least telling what should be done, showing what should be done, and then coaching the family in doing what they have heard and seen. I recommend that home activities be designed to support what has been mastered or is being mastered in treatment. That way, the child continues to succeed; this is important. Eventually, home activities are designed with the families and, ultimately, by the families. I hope this helps. Good luck. David Shapiro