73. What if speaking is difficult for my participant?: Emerging Communicators in EAS

How many of you have participants that aren’t using verbal language yet to communicate?  Whether someone has recently experienced a TBI or a child who isn’t using their words quite yet, there are lots of ways we can help these “emerging communicators”. Emily Harringon is a Speech-Language Pathologist that is currently working toward her PhD. She is researching this population of communicators and is going to share her wisdom with us in this episode! 

Expect to hear: 

• How do we tell if my participant doesn’t understand me or if they just don’t want to?


• How can I help my participants that aren’t speaking yet?


• Specific tips on how to model, scale and assist participants struggling with early communication. 


• Discussion about behaviors as communication and how to troubleshoot the meaning. 

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