Parent-Implemented

Language Strategies
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Naturalistic
Language
Interventions
Kathy Supple 330-634-8615
Kent State
University

Kathy Supple, LSW, EIS
ADD A Picture
Kent State University
April 30, 2014


Play is a childs work!
Parents are childrens first teachers!
Interventions
1.) Waiting: provide your child an
opportunity to communicate with you
by simply waiting for her to do some-
thing you can interpret.
2.) Follow your childs lead in play:
if she is stacking blocks then you sit
beside her and stack blocks.
3.) Commenting on your childs play
and objects of attention: say what
you see your child doing and/or talk
about what she is looking at.
4.) Imitating play acts, gestures,
and vocalizations: copy what your
child is doing, or copy the gestures or
sounds she is making.
5.) Environmental arrangement: put
objects of interest out of the childs
reach to encourage her to come to
you and request it in some way or
giving the child a bowl of cereal and
purposefully forgetting to give her
the spoon.
6.) Responsive
interaction:
respond to
your childs
communication
attempts by
talking to her.
7.) Modeling
and Expanding: say the word your
child attempts and then expand ball,
yes that is the red ball.


Parents are childrens first language
teachers and play a critical role in their
early communication develop-
ment, (Kaiser & Roberts 2013). There
are certain things parents can do to
enhance their interactions with their
children to help improve upon communi-
cation: increase the amount of time you
play with your child, be aware of how
often you respond to your child, and be
aware of how you respond to your child.
In this brochure you will find some sim-
ple ideas that you can embed into your
everyday activities. These ideas are
meant to help you in helping your child
learn to communicate more effectively.
You may be surprised to find that you
are already doing some of these things.
Remember, you are the key player in
your childs success!
Parents as
Language
Interventionists
W
e learn through play