The different flavors of early intervention

About this episode

This episode discusses various early intervention methods for toddlers and their efficacy in language development.

You may have heard terms in early intervention like “NDBI” or “Early Start Denver Model” and wondered if there was a difference in efficacy behind all these flavors of toddler interventions. On this week’s podcast, we speak to Dr. Giacomo Vivanti from @DrexelAutism, who combined data from 4 of these interventions across 700 children to see if they found similar or different effects of each protocol. This group of scientists also examined these interventions on the development of spoken language. The results reinforced: 1. the earlier the better when it comes to early intervention, 2. duration of the intervention matters, and 3. focusing on imitation may be a key to helping toddlers talk. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41264359

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Giacomo Vivanti

Topics covered

• early intervention
• toddler interventions
• language development
• NDBI
• Early Start Denver Model

Keywords

• early intervention
• NDBI
• Early Start Denver Model
• language development
• toddler interventions
• imitation
• efficacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DrexelAutism

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