Project ImPACT

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Project ImPACT is an individualized coaching program supporting caregivers within daily routines.

This evidence-based training program for caregivers of young children with social communication delays is offered by MMI’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology.

Improving Parents As Communication Teachers

Improving Parents As Communication Teachers is often known by its acronym, ImPACT.
Your speech-language pathologist will deliver this intervention through an individualized parent-coaching model.
Using a combination of developmental and behavioral strategies, the program supports caregivers within daily routines so children receive practice in their home and community environment.

Parent-Coaching Model Components

Coach

Your coach will help you learn how to increase your child’s social communication through teaching, modeling and feedback.

Caregiver

As a parent or caregiver, your role will be to learn intervention strategies to use during your daily routines and interactions with your child in the home and in the community.

Child

This program is designed to encourage your child’s skills in four areas.

Social engagement.
Communication.
Imitation.
Play.

Who is Project ImPACT designed for?

Project ImPACT is for children with social communication delays, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
It is designed for children up to age 6, but may be used for older children with cognitive and language delays.

Why choose Project ImPACT?

Project ImPACT is evidence-based, supported by 15 years of research and development.
The program teaches core communication skills that support learning across all settings. Because this is a caregiver-coaching model, children get more hours of practice in their home and community environment.
As a result of this program, caregivers report feeling more confident supporting their child's communication development. Increasing the number of positive caregiver-child interactions often reduces stress.

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