Craniofacial and Velopharyngeal Disorders

2051V - Reframing Early Intervention Techniques for Toddlers with Cleft Palate: Clinical Updates and Adaptations for Telehealth

ON-DEMAND

Format: 1-Hour Seminar (Virtual)

Audience: Students, Researchers, Assistants, Early Career Professionals (under 5 years)

Keywords: cleft palate, craniofacial disorders, early intervention, telehealth, caregiver/parent training

Presenting Author(s)

Kari Lien

Barrow Cleft Craniofacial Center

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Nancy Scherer

Arizona State University
Paige Ellis

Arizona State University
Jennifer Philp

Bright Beginnings Pediatric Services
Natalie Wombacher

Arizona State University

This session aims to train clinicians to incorporate intervention strategies from Enhanced Milieu Teaching with Phonological Emphasis (EMT+PE) when providing services for young children with speech and language disorders, including children with cleft palate. EMT+PE strategies will be described and modeled, including matched turns, modeling, expansions, prompting, and speech recasting. Clinical updates and adaptations for telehealth will be presented. Training caregivers to use EMT+PE strategies via telehealth will be explained. Considerations for using telehealth to deliver and adapt parent training on EMT+PE strategies will be shared. Research findings from single-case research studies and group design studies will be described to support clinical use of EMT+PE.

Learning Objectives:

Explain Enhanced Milieu Teaching with Phonological Emphasis (EMT+PE) strategies, including matched turns, modeling, expansions, prompting, and speech recasting
Compare implementation of EMT+PE strategies delivered in a face-to-face clinical setting versus training the caregiver via telehealth
Describe barriers and their possible solutions for delivering early intervention services through caregiver training via telehealth