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As a practitioner I see TOO often, children with African-American heritage not getting diagnosed early enough. They get labels like delay, speech delay, ADHD, behavior disorder...but when I meet some of them...I think "why did he get missed?!?"
I have had this conversation with myself and some colleagues about this topic and yesterday I thought I must share this with you! I understand that this topic may not resonate well with everyone or may be offensive or just superficial! But it is the elephant in the room.
I recently went to a LAMP training given by PRC and cringed when the first sequence for communication training instructed the use of "more". Sadly it's more common than not. I interviewed and SLP and during her demo session with the child with Autism, she decided he needed to say the word "more". And early in my career, I too thought teaching "More" was important for first words...but its not. Here's why:
While there is much controversy over the use of computers and technology with children wtih special needs and using technology and videos for language learning. I'd like to point out that adults use technology all the time: We use Rosetta Stone when planning a trip to Italy and identifying the need to learn a new language. We use organizers electronic or paper to organize our lives. We use our mobile phones to communicate and send text messages to one another. The question of "Should technology be used to teach or support education is not a vaild one, I think.
