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Embedding Naturalistic Communication Teaching Strategies During Shared Interactive Book Reading for Preschoolers with Developmental Delays: A Guide for Caregivers

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Shared interactive book reading (SIBR) is a broad term used to describe the act of adults reading aloud to children, while encouraging interaction by asking questions and engaging in a discussion about the book. SIBR can be used to embed naturalistic communication teaching strategies, creating learning opportunities to promote a child’s language and communication skills. This article presents practical information on how caregivers can use naturalistic communication teaching strategies during SIBR with their child with developmental delays or disabilities (DD). The intended audiences are caregivers (e.g., parents, grandparents) and practitioners (e.g., classroom teachers, speech-language pathologists, reading specialists) who work with caregivers of children with DD. We explain the importance of early communication skills, naturalistic communication teaching strategies, and SIBR, and describe how to embed naturalistic communication teaching strategies within SIBR. Through a vignette we illustrate how caregivers can implement the techniques and strategies and how practitioners can support caregivers’ implementation.

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  1. Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities, The University of Alabama, 902 University Blvd, Graves 201, Box 870232, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA

    Yusuf Akemoglu

  2. Department of Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1310 S. 6th st, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA

    Hedda Meadan

  3. Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Central Florida, Health and Public Affairs Building II, Room 101W, P.O. Box 162215, Orlando, FL, 32816-2215, USA

    Jacqueline Towson

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Akemoglu, Y., Meadan, H. & Towson, J. Embedding Naturalistic Communication Teaching Strategies During Shared Interactive Book Reading for Preschoolers with Developmental Delays: A Guide for Caregivers. Early Childhood Educ J 48, 759–766 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-020-01038-4

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