This workshop is intended for professionals who want to learn how to communicate with children who do not speak or who are considered "non-verbal." This workshop will discuss adaptations to account for individuals who do not speak, use gestures, use a communication device, or speak few words. Through this workshop, participants will have increased knowledge of communication considerations when interviewing someone who does not speak; and learn reliable and legally defensible techniques that can be applied in forensic interviews.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to define the various types of verbal behavior and identify the ways children who do not speak communicate.
Participants will be able to identify common biases regarding communicating with children who do not speak.
Participants will be able to explain basic skills for conducting a legally defensible forensic interview with someone who does not speak.
