1. Early Intervention Language Coach Course Overview and Introduction

2. Purpose To build the capacity of early interventionists to meet the communication needs of young children in a collaborative team approach To meet the instructional needs of Early Intervention Language Coach Credential

3. Values Communication skills develop within the framework of overall development Young children learn best while actively engaged in their everyday activities Team members collaborate in sharing information and in the identification and provision of service delivery Early intervention providers can support families to embed intervention strategies into their daily routines

4. Structure Asynchronous Online Instructional Content Synchronous Activities with team SLPs and families Approximately 30 hours of course instructional content and activities 5 units @ approximately 6 hours each

5. Books Language Development from Theory to Practice Pence & Justice, 2008 Beyond Baby Talk Apel & Masterson, 2001

6. Units Setting the Stage for Language Development and Intervention Early Communication Emerging Language Expanding Language Communication Coaching

7. Unit Activities Progress in order through the sections of each unit: Read Observe Practice Exhibit After you have completed a section, you can return to it as many times as you’d like

8. Read Chapter Readings Language Development from Theory to Practice Beyond Baby Talk Narrated Presentations Presentations can be started, stopped, paused, rewound, and fast forwarded Can read along with the narration (i.e. view the transcript) by clicking on “notes”

9. Observe Video Observations Narrated video observations Links to video observations from relevant web resources Live Observations Observe the skills that are presented in the units during your home and community visits

10. Practice Ungraded Learning Checks Questions give you an opportunity to practice what you are learning You can answer the questions as many times as you’d like

11. Exhibit Display some of the key concepts of the unit in a meaningful manner Collaborate with your team SLP Submitted through “Submission” link in the Exhibit section Graded according to rubric included in the description and instructions Returned to you with grade and feedback

12. Course Information Section In each unit, a 5th section “Course Information” is included Language Coach Course Overview “How To” Guides Resource Folder Links to relevant and interesting web resources Supports and expands the course content

13. First Activities: Pre-Course Before starting to read or look through course materials, please log in to the course, go to the Unit 1 “Course Information” section and complete Pre-Course Case Study Pre-Course Survey Now you are ready to start with the “Read” section of Unit 1

14. Final Activity: Videos Specific Instructions in the Unit 5 Course Information Section Select a family with which you have been applying what you are learning Explain the purpose of the course and ask if you could video record a session Sign the Permission for Educational Use of Video form Ask the family to sign Permission for Educational Use of Video form

15. Final Activity: Videos Video record a session Complete the Final Videos Questions Submit your video according to the instructions in the “Final Videos Description and Instructions” Located in the Course Information section for Unit 5

16. Final Activities: Videos 1st Video Submitted at the completion of the 5th unit No later than January 31, 2011 2nd Video Recorded & submitted approximately 1 month after the 1st video No later than February 28, 2011 Different family from 1st video or same family with different routines

17. Tech Requirements Required Downloads Adobe Flash http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Quicktimehttp://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Recommended Download Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html Moodle has the least glitches when viewed through the Firefox browser