Play And Language Pal Program For Early Autism Intervention

Download or read book Play and Language (PAL) Program for Early Autism Intervention written by E. Amanda Boutot and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PAL Program was especially designed for use with young children with or at risk for autism or other developmental disabilities or delays. Practitioners working in early intervention, early childhood special education, applied behavior analysis, speech-language pathology, or other early childhood arenas will find the PAL Assessment an easy to use, comprehensive overview of child functioning across 5 Building Blocks:Imitation & Play SkillsJoint Attention and Social InteractionVisual DiscriminationReceptive LanguageExpressive LanguageEach of these Building Blocks can be tracked across multiple assessment opportunities. The unique self-graphing format of the PAL skills along with the handy Progress At A Glance allow for program planning and on-going progress monitoring.The PAL Curriculum Guide provides an overview of the Building Blocks within the PAL as well as a developmental Scope and Sequence for each. Further, the PAL includes a Curriculum Planning Matrix for use with specific skill deficits identified in the Assessment as well as an overview of instructional strategies that may be used to teach a variety of skills.Designed specifically for young children and emphasizing skills and characteristics unique to youngsters with autism, the PAL Program is a valuable tool in early autism intervention.