Resources for Parents
We’ve gathered a practical set of resources for families to help navigate you to best practice, evidence-based treatment for your child.
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Videos
Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
Typically-developing children acquire new language skills in a wide variety of natural situations, such as during play or mealtimes. Skilled parents and caregivers teach children in a natural manner, taking advantage a child’s momentary interests or desires. We call these opportunities “child-directed” or “child-led.” Researchers have identified critical elements of these natural teaching opportunities and at Coyne & Associates, we systematically utilize NET to promote verbal skills. It looks like play, but there is a lot of teaching going on in this clip!
Becoming a “Listener”
In contrast to NET, sometimes children with whom we work require us to “deconstruct” the skill, and then teach it in small, incremental stages. If you watch this entire video clip, you will see how the instructor teaches the child to identify common objects over the course of many discrete steps: the imitation step, mirror field; imitation step, non-mirror field; matching three nonverbal sounds to corresponding objects; discrimination of one spoken word and two nonverbal sounds; discrimination of two spoken words and one nonverbal sound; discrimination of three spoken words. (And look at the great eye contact of the learner, the first skill we taught!!)
Web Resources
Governmental
Launch San Diego Regional Center
Launch Inland Regional Center
Launch Regional Center of Orange County
Launch Department of Developmental Services
Launch For Complaints and Appeals
Launch To Review results of Regional Center Mediation Conferences and Fair Hearings
Helpful Guides
Launch First 5 California: The Power of Play
Launch Developmental Milestones
Launch New Parent Packet
Organizations
Launch National Foundation for Autism Research
Launch Association for Science in Autism Treatment
Launch Autism Science Foundation
Launch Autism Speaks
Launch Different Roads to Learning
Privacy
Launch Coyne’s Notice of Privacy Practices – English
Launch Coyne’s Notice of Privacy Practices – Spanish
Recommended Books
Early Childhood
Autism Treatment
Activity Schedules for Children with Autism, Second Edition
Lynn McClannahan and Patricia Krantz
Jumpstarting Communication Skills in Children with Autism
Mary Jane Weiss and Valbona Demiri
Our Quality
2018 Parent Survey Data
N = 123 families
In 2018, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated their Program Supervisor:
- Punctuality: 3.88
- Communication Skills: 3.80
- Organizational Skills: 3.80
- Professionalism: 3.84
- Parent Support/Consultation: 3.89
- Overall Judgment & Performance: 3.86
In 2018, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated their Early Childhood Instructors:
- Punctuality: 3.87
- Communication Skills: 3.88
- Organizational Skills: 3.84
- Parent Training: 3.76
- Professionalism: 3.85
- Ability to Keep Child Learning and Engaged: 3.79
- Ability to Effectively Manage Problem Behavior: 3.73
In 2018, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated their Scheduling:
- Notification of Weekly Schedule: 3.94
- Communication About Changes to Session Days/Times: 3.88
- Communication About Staffing Changes: 3.88
In 2018, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated the Overall Quality of the Program:
- Overall Quality of Coyne Program: 3.81