Language in Infants Through Preschoolers

2098V - An Interdisciplinary Approach to Facilitating Language Development Through use of Powered Mobility in Early Intervention

ON-DEMAND

Format: 1-Hour Seminar (Virtual)

Audience: International Affiliates, Public/Consumers, Researchers, Related Professionals, Early Career Professionals (under 5 years)

Keywords: Interprofessional practice, Early Intervention, Language Development, Mobility, Research

Presenting Author(s)

Alyson Hendry

Speech and Movement LLC

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Teresa Plummer

Belmont University
Heather Feldner

University of Washington

This instructional session will present an overview of feedback collected through a Delphi Study in order to create a comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide to introducing early powered mobility to infants and toddlers with significant delays in mobility. Because children with significant mobility delays are more likely to have concurring or resultant speech and language delays, this instructional course will highlight the need for mobility interventions for infants and discuss how this relates to social and linguistic development. Further, this course will stress the importance of an interdisciplinary collaboration of developmental specialists and caregivers to develop effective strategies that can provide for integration of “therapy” into everyday life activities.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the relationship between motor development, self-initiated mobility, and development of social and linguistic milestones
Discuss three ways in which a speech-language pathologist can support interventions for motor development and self-initiated mobility on an interdisciplinary team
List at least three strategies to encourage cognitive, social, and/or linguistic development during powered mobility training