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Introducing the hierarchy of WH questions as they develop in life and throughout our day.  The need for questions changes throughout the day or based on the situation and our needs.  You will be learning to utilize the basic WHAT questions while advancing up the WH question chain with a purpose.  We will provide interactive strategies to introduce WH questions and their future need, while gaining an understanding of WHY they are important to “introduce” and “explicitly teach”.  We will focus on HOW they can be used to self-advocate, interview, and gain clarity.  We will also create family resources to support the WHY at home and in the community.  All of this through prompting, visual and modeling/role playing.

Objectives:

1. Learn the WH Hierarchy of Development and how that applies not just to age of acquisition but also daily needs and individual motivation.
2. Understand the purpose of each WH question and how to then explicitly teach it to children and families.
3. Recognize when WH questions are utilized to match the situation of the child, family and/or teacher.
4. Practice how to use WH questions to gather information, gain attention, re-direct, increase self-advocacy and impact self-learning.