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A Review of the Miller Method

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A Review of the Miller Method

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  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y A Review of the Miller Method Jessica Jaruczyk Heather Peltack Lindsey Gallagher Caldwell College Graduate Programs in Applied Behavior Analysis THE MILLER METHOD

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y A Review of the Miller Method Jessica Jaruczyk Heather Peltack Lindsey Gallagher Caldwell College Graduate Programs in Applied Behavior Analysis

  3. “We maintain that each child – no matter how withdrawn or disorganized – is trying to find a way to cope with the world. Our task is to help that child use every capacity or fragment of capacity to achieve this.” Philosophy (“What is Miller Method?,” 2009)

  4. Dr. Arnold Miller 3/11/1927 - 8/27/2011 Founder of the Miller Method

  5. Native of the Bronx, grew up on L.I. • Radio Operator in the Navy, World War II • B.A. from City College of New York • Doctorate in psychology at Clark University • Austrian developmental psychologist Heinz Werner (mentor) • Associate professor of psychology at the University of Montana (1960) Who was Arnold Miller? http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-07/lifestyle/30123820_1_autism-therapies-parents-of-autistic-children-autistic-tendencies

  6. Married Eileen (Faythe), a SLP from NY • Opened development center in 1964 • 40 children each year in special-education programs in nearby school districts. • Dr. Miller said that about 70 % returned to mainstream classrooms. • Focused on videoconferencing and workshops after his wife’s death Who was Arnold Miller? http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-07/lifestyle/30123820_1_autism-therapies-parents-of-autistic-children-autistic-tendencies

  7. “From Ritual to Repertoire’’ (Wiley, 1989) • “The Miller Method’’ (Kingsley, 2007) • Passed away 8/27/201 of pancreatic cancer The Millers

  8. “Dad’s biggest contribution to the treatment approach is to say there is an inner child in there. He’s in there.’’ said Dr. Miller’s oldest son, Loren of Arlington, a filmmaker. “We can bring him out and we can leverage the parts of these two worlds.’’ He’s in there…

  9. Founded by Arnold Miller and wife Eileen Eller-Miller in 1965 • Language and Cognitive Development Center (LCDC) in Boston • The Miller Method is guided by a cognitive-developmental systems theory with links to the work of: • Piaget (1948, 1954, 1962), Von Bertallanfy (1968), Vygotsky(1962), Werner (1948), Werner and Kaplan (1963) • Adapted to the needs of children with severe developmental challenges • Grants and research funded by U.S. Department of Education History

  10. The Miller Method • http://www.icdl.com/graduate/documents/Chapter19.pdf What is the Miller Method

  11. The Miller Method is an integrated approach that addresses problems of body organization, social interaction, and communication in school, clinic, and home settings as presented by children on the autistic spectrum as well as those with significant challenges in learning or communication. What is the Miller Method (Miller & Eller-Miller, 2000)

  12. Assesses the adaptive significance of the children's disordered behavior • Attempts to transform the disordered behavior into functional activity What is the Miller Method

  13. Attempts to expand and guide the children from closed ways (of living alone or in immediate circle like with parents) into social and communicative exchanges • Guides and teaches professionals and parents as regards the ways and systems to be followed to facilitate children the children affected with autism and related disorders toward reading, writing, number concepts, symbolic plays, and development of typical classroom activities What is the Miller Method

  14. http://millermethodcommunity.ning.com/video/autismspeaksvids-1http://millermethodcommunity.ning.com/video/autismspeaksvids-1 What is the Miller Method

  15. Miller Diagnostic Survey (MDS) • Parent Survey • Few pages in length • LCDC staff member writes a report of recommendations • Goes directly to cognitive therapist and Dr. Miller • 107 Likert-type questions • Computer program organizes the responses – “A statistical analysis comparing the two developmental profiles will determine which changes in scored categories are statistically significant” (Miller, 2002) • $1000 Assessments (Miller, 2002c, Spring/Summer, “Miller diagnostic survey,” 2009,http://www.millermethod.org/)

  16. Sign and Spoken (2 times beginning and end) • Receptive and Expressive • Only start about 2 years ago • School districts were asking for proof Assessments

  17. Umwelt Assessment (Once a year- Beginning) • Assessment to understand the world around you • If you are an open or closed system • What the child can and can not do http://www.jonathanthurston.com/miller/languageintervention.html Assessments

  18. Capacity to interact with a person and an object Capacity to adapt to change Assessments Problem solving and learning from experience

  19. Vygotsky Test (Every time a videoconference was done) • Object identification • http://millermethodcommunity.ning.com/video/dillon-passes-the-vygotsky Assessments

  20. Diagnosis

  21. No criteria for mastery • No data collection Basic Treatments

  22. Virtual Tour of the Miller Method Elevated SquareTM

  23. Why do you have children on the autism spectrum walk on an "Elevated Square" 2.5 feet above the ground? • Using for 30 years • More aware of themselves • Increase eye contact • More focused • Able to communicate and learn • Eliminates toe walking Why the Elevated SquareTM?

  24. The Elevated Square seems deceptively simple, but this device is the culmination of 45 years of research and treatment of autistic children. Elevated SquareTM www.cognitivedesigns.com.

  25. Relates objects and events to signs and spoken words • Manual signs adapted from American Sign Language • 4 segments • Actions • Food • Familiar Objects/Events • Two-word Combinations Sign and Spoken Language

  26. DVD of Sign and Spoken Language • Video 0 5:16 • Video 1 1:45 Sign and Spoken Language

  27. Helps children that don’t use words • Repeat appropriate word while child is preforming action • Narrating child’s action Sign and Spoken Language

  28. Last 2 to 3 years • Started data collection • Sit with student • “Show me get up” • Student will do Receptive

  29. Interrupting situations to elicit signs or words • E.g., on elevated square, “scavenger hunts,” videotapes in action • The use of signs “pulls” spoken language and contributes to language development Expressive

  30. http://www.cognitivedesigns.com/symbol.html • Teach symbolic function of printed words. • Learn how to sight-read sentences in both large and small type • Shift from sight-reading to phonetic reading • Acquire letter-sounds relationships and blending and sequencing of letter sounds into meaningful words • Stimulates active participation by both students and teachers Symbol Accentuation Reading Program

  31. Pennies in the Jar • Picture on Close pins • Mr. Potato Head • Nesting cups • Light Bright Classroom Interventions

  32. Becoming part of their world • Puzzle Exchange • http://millermethodcommunity.ning.com/video/video/show?id=3566609%3AVideo%3A3770 Individual Interventions

  33. Tug of War • Wagon Rides • Teeter Totter • Pig Piles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ2_22whhxU Interactive Interventions

  34. Ages 2-12 • Jessica believes it only works to age 5 • 1 in NJ • Per student $65,000 • 50 students • $3, 250,000 a year • School districts only • This does not include the aides or • 1 in Israel • Distance Consultations/ Video Conferencing Oversight Program (VCO’s) • $150 an hour • Takes place in private and public schools in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, Canada, Israel, and secondarily in the homes of families equipped for videoconferencing • http://millermethodcommunity.ning.com/video/the-first-conversation Schools

  35. INSERT FULL DAY SCHEDULE Typical Day

  36. 4-day training workshops at LCDC • Hours of supervision 50 weeks (1 hour per week) • Cases covered • Written examination Criteria for certification Miller Method Specialist

  37. Advice to Parents Miller & Parents

  38. Miller vs. ABA in San Diego. Both therapies were used for an hour with a 4-year-old nonverbal autistic child. • Dr. Miller said he believed the demonstration showed that his method was superior, and he debated leaders of the California-based Autism Partnership, who support ABA. Directors of the Autism Partnership countered that the demonstration was flawed. Miller vs. ABA

  39. Miller vs. ABA Miller vs ABA

  40. Current outcome research includes studies by Cook (1998), Messier (1971), Miller and Miller (1973), and Warr- Leeper, Henry, and Lomas (1999). • It was reported that a comprehensive controlled study contrasting the effect of functioning while elevated with comparable functioning on the ground is under way at the Language and Cognitive Development Center in Boston. Research Support of the Miller Method

  41. What are your thoughts? • A lot of holes in the research behind the Miller Method Conclusions

  42. We would like everyone to stand on their chairs before asking questions this will increase body awareness, attention to surroundings, problem solving, perceptual motor coordination and the is first steps toward meaningful communication.

  43. About the Millers. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ Cook, C. E. (1998). Implementation of the Miller method in an early intervention program for children with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD): A case study. (Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University). Cognitive Designs, Inc. (2008b). Sign and spoken language program. Retrieved from http://www.cognitivedesigns.com/sign.html Cognitive Designs, Inc. (2008c). Symbol accentuation reading program. Retrieved from http://www.cognitivedesigns.com/symbol.html Cognitive Designs, Inc. (2000d). Symbolic playthings. Retrieved from http://www.cognitivedesigns.com/playthings.html Discussion forum. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ Distance consultation. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ For parents/caregivers of children with autism or PDD. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ References

  44. For professionals seeking training in the Miller method. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ Miller, A. (1996, Spring/Summer). The Miller umwelt assessment. The Miller Method Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ Miller, A., & Eller-Miller, E. (1989). From ritual to repertoire: A cognitive-developmental systems approach with behavior-disordered children. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Miller, A., & Eller-Miller, E. (2000). The Miller method: A cognitive-developmental systems approach for children with body organization, social, and communication issues. The interdisciplinary council on developmental and learning disorders: Clinical practice guidelines: Redefining the standards of care for infants, children, and families with special needs. (pp. 489-515). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ Miller diagnostic survey. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ What and where is the LCDC?. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ What is Miller method?. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.millermethod.org/ References

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