CLAS Connections: Child Development
The CLAS Alumni Chapter and the ASU Infant Child Research Programs invites you to learn about child development by experiencing activities in typical toddler and preschool programs. Spend a morning as a toddler, two-year-old and preschool child as you and other alums rotate through activities designed to enhance development in young children.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
9:00 a.m.- Noon
ASU Community Services Building, 200 E. Curry Rd.
You will learn how to enhance social-emotional development, facilitate sharing and peer interaction, manage challenging behaviors, survive tantrums by”twos,” deal with toilet training, facilitate speech and language development, and jump-start literacy skills. Babysitting is available for a limited number of children (pre-registration is required at clasevents@asu.edu).
Tentative schedule:
9:00 registration, coffee and a general overview
Participants will then break into three groups (of up to 15 people) and rotate through sessions addressing development and issues for each of three age groups: toddlers, two-year-olds, and preschoolers
9:30-10:15 first session
10:15-11:00 second session
11:00-11:45 third session
11:45 – 12:00 Questions and closing remarks (there will also be question/interaction time as part of each session)
The Infant Child Research Programs is an interdisciplinary research, training, and service delivery program in the Speech and Hearing Sciences department at ASU that serves about 500 families and their young children with and without disabilities each year. In addition to programs that are offered directly through the lab, the ICRP has links with several early intervention, preschool, and day care programs through the Phoenix metro area, thereby offering a wide array of settings to conduct practice-based research. Since its inception in 1990, numerous community and lab-based research investigations have been implemented to develop innovative approaches to early intervention for infants, toddlers, and preschool children.
The ICRP offers state-of-art services for families and their infants, toddlers, as well as preschool and early elementary-aged children. The developmentally appropriate programs are designed for all young children including those at-risk for speech and language delays. The playgroup and classroom programs include low adult-child ratios (1:4 is typical) and are designed to facilitate speech and language acquisition as well as other age-appropriate developmental skills.
Comprehensive assessments are available in the areas of speech & language development, general development, oral motor/feeding and linguistic bases of school readiness. In addition home-based developmental assessments are completed for qualification of services through the Arizona Early Intervention Program.
Toddler Play Groups meet once or twice a week for two hours and provide language and developmental experiences for children ages 18 months to 3 years. Families abilities to facilitate their child’s development through parent training and home visits.
Preschool Classes emphasize the development of basic and more complex speech and language abilities as well as language-based school readiness including listening and attending skills and early literacy and numeracy skills. Children are provided with a rich variety of opportunities for learning important language, cognitive, motor coordination, self-help, and social skills. For children ages 3-5 years.
Preschool Phonology Groups are designed for children 3-5 years of age with speech impairments to acquire important speech sounds and production skills in the context of fun, game-based activities
Language and Literacy Summer Programs offers instruction for children who are entering kindergarten or 1st grade the following fall. These groups are appropriate for children with speech and language impairments to strengthen their ability to meet the language demands of their academic classroom. It provides focused instruction in the oral and early written language skills underlying academic performance.
Parent Training and Support Groups are available for any family members whose children are participating in one of the programs at the ICRP. Parent classes teach families strategies to promote children’s development and ways to enhance a child’s speech and language during daily activities at home.
For more information, please contact Marla Giarratano at (480) 965-0377 or marla.giarratano@asu.edu.