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- Traci
- Ingram
- No
- 285 Chateau Drive
Huntsville
Alabama
35801
United States - Effective Communication
Huntsville
Alabama
35801
United States
I have 20+years experience treating CAS, gaining my initial CAS experience while working for and training under Nancy Kaufman in West Bloomfield, Michigan. I use the Kaufman Speech Praxis method, adding tactile cues when needed. I am PROMPT trained and use PROMPT assessment and multi-level treatment techniques to achieve some exciting and successful results. My treatment approach varies depending on the individual needs of the child. Expressive and receptive language skills are always on my radar and these skills are targeted once speech production is under way. Early literacy skills and AAC techniques are introduced at the beginning of the therapy process to help the child become academically successful. My goal for each therapy session is to get the maximum responses from the child while educating the family so that the child will be successful in the home environment.
A good support system is imperative to the success of the child, so families are always incorporated in my therapy process. I prefer and encourage as many family members as possible to observe and learn the techniques. Parents are given a strong home plan and guided through the therapy process. Parents are encouraged to reach out to me to answer any questions regarding their child’s speech and language development or to walk them through therapy techniques for their child. Parents are the experts on their child and I consider parents as partners in the therapy process.
Low tech AAC boards are used with all my CAS kids. Book reading and emergent literacy skills are also incorporated with the boards. Target words are pulled from the books and I begin to teach the words, key sentence structure, thoughts, and feelings through the boards. Though I more frequently use low tech methods, I do have children who use high tech devices. In addition to the use of high tech AAC devices, I have experience programming and creating content for Tobii devices to meet the needs of the users.