The Interaction Coach
You can help your child learn to talk with speech-language pathologist Joyce Olson of The Interaction Coach. Listen to daily tips that make every interaction a learning opportunity for speech and language development. Whether your child needs to start using words, make longer sentences, or improve social communication, this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 234
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
1.014 PLAY: Object Use: Grasp you finger
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Developing a grasp is important for your child so they can learn to pick up objects for play.
Today’s activity: Stroke your child’s fist or open…
1.013 PLAY: Object Use: Hold a rattle
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Motor skills are important for well-develo…
1.012 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Affect and Engagement: Tickle, tickle
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Now that we’ve discussed social interaction, try this: Explain what is social interaction and w…
1.011 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Affect and Engagement: Beep beep
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Everyone has personal preferences for what they find engaging and pleasant. Be aware of your child’s reactions.
For activities your child enjoys…
1.010 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Affect and Engagement: Boingy boingy
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A person’s affect is how they feel and how they show their feelings. Engagement means how involved a person is in an activity.
You are building …
1.009 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Turn Taking: Smiling
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Infants draw us to them with their eye gaze so we can engage in Serve-and-Return interactions with them. Their smiles give us extra reinforcemen…
1.008 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Joint Attention: You don’t have to make your child feel bad in order to improve their speech
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We pay attention someone else and their interests when we are comfortable with that person and enjoy spending time with them.
Joint attention re…
1.007 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Joint Attention: Develop eye tracking
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Joint attention is when both interaction partners are paying attention to the same object or …
1.006 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Mutual Attention: Tummy time
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Children need many opportunities to develop their muscles while in a prone position (on their tummy). You can still spend face-to-face time with…
1.005 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Mutual Attention: Compared to eye contact
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Mutual attention is when both interaction partners are paying attention to each other.
Mutual a…
1.004 SOCIAL INTERACTION: Mutual Attention: Serve and return interactions
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Social interaction is the foundation for all communication. When we are teaching speech and language skills, we need to keep the social reasons …
1.003 How to Use Seasons One through Eight
Welcome to The Interaction Coach podcast. Seasons 1–8 focus on how to build children’s communication skills from using no words to using two-word sentences.
Use this link to get the checklist for fi…
1.002 Who Is Joyce Olson and What Is The Interaction Coach?
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In this episode Joyce tells a bit about her 40 years of experience working with and on behalf of children in her roles…
1.001 Welcome to The Interaction Coach
Welcome to The Interaction Coach podcast, part of a collection of resources for parents of a child with a speech, language or communication challenge.
The podcast is for parents like you who want to …