Descriptive Teaching Model
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Learn about the descriptive teaching model! This is such an important strategy for teaching new words and helping your child with complex communication needs become better communicators. This video will show various examples of how to use the descriptive teaching model in everyday situations. See references for research at end of the video.
Transcription below!
Slide 1: Let’s learn about the descriptive teaching model.
Slide 2: Make sure to check out my core and fringe video on UA-cam.
Video by Rebecca Eisenberg Speech-language Pathologist
Slide 3: Do we add every word in your child’s AAC device?
Slide 4: Nope.
Slide 5: What is descriptive teaching?
Slide 6: “The Descriptive Teaching Model is a strategy that teaches the concepts behind context specific vocabulary by using high-frequency, reusable, common words (sometimes referred to as core vocabulary words)” (Van Tatenhove, 2009).
Slide 7: “Students participate and demonstrate learning using COMMON words to describe define or predict.” (Witkowski & Baker, 2012)
Slide 8: What words should we use in descriptive teaching?
We should use core words!
This will help our children problem solve, be creative thinkers and better communicators!
Slide 9: Let’s watch some examples
Slide 10: Example 1, I want funny pig show. I understand you want Peppa Pig!
Slide 11: Example 2, I have brown, long nice dog. Yes, great way to describe!
Slide 12: Example 3, I want tree house book. Magic Tree House Series
Slide 13: Example 4, Fish is orange and lives in the ocean. Let’s learn about clown fish! What can you tell me about this fish? Fish is orange and lives in the ocean.
Slide 14: Example 5, Water is hot with bubbles. Let’s talk about what boil means.
Slide 15: Example 6, Big, tall house Tell me about this place. Big, tall house
Slide 16: Example 7, Me too. I like how you told me what type of car you like. I like that fast, red car!
Slide 17: Example 8, Push, pull, strong! Magnets are “things that push, pull, come together and apart.”
Slide 18: Example 9, Welcome to the Assembly! Meet with teachers and friends in big room.
Slide 19: Example 10, When reading a book, define and describe words instead of programming every word.
Slide 20: Work with your child’s team when adding words to the talker!
Slide 21: When adding new fringe word s, consider the following:
1. Can I use vocabulary?
2. Will this word be used often?
3. Navigation to get to new word
Slide 22: Increased navigation with a demand on memory can cause frustration
Slide 23: We want words to be:
1. Reuseable
2. Easy to navigate to
3. Require less memory
Slide 24: References
Van Tatenhove, G. (2009). Building Language Competence with Students Using AAC Devices: Six Challenges. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 18(2), 38-47
Witkowski, D., & Baker, B (2012). Addressing the content vocabulary with core: Theory and practice for non-literate students. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 21, 74-81
Slide 25: Let’s get started! Engine Start/Stop
Where has this incredibly simple, accessible explanation of Descriptive Teaching been all my life?
Thank you!! So glad the video has been helpful!
This is a nice video. You've captured the main points of the Descriptive Teaching Strategy as originally defined by Bruce R Baker. It is aligned with what I've been teaching for the past 20 years. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much Gail! I am such a fan of your work and am so happy you enjoyed the video.
Great video. I have one request, could you please read what is on the screen. I am legally blind and had to keep stopping the video and enlarging it in order to read it. It would be impossible for other people who are blind, visually impaired or have disabilities that make it hard for them to understand or read printed text. Thank you.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! I will definitely work on this!
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