At the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, the Office of Head Start provides a Series of Simulations for effectively engaging families from the start. The series explores the practice of everyday strategies to develop Positive Goal-Oriented Relationships with a family. These relationships are key to our work with children and families, including the journey… Read More Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center
Using Naturalistic Interventions to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Naturalistic Interventions are a collection of practices that include environmental arrangement, interaction tech- niques, and behavioral strategies. These practices are designed to encourage specific target behaviors based on insights into the learner’s interests, and also, to provide responses that build more elaborate learner behaviors that are naturally reinforcing and appropriate to the interaction. Research… Read More Using Naturalistic Interventions to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders