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https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.13733

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1. Bilingualism confuses the child and causes speech delay
2. 2-6 is the golden period for intervention
3. No eye contact means it’s Autism

https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00086

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.1624

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• Is there a reason to sit down?
• What can the child do when s/he gets off the chair
• Getting off the chair is an option
• Your relationship with your child dictates the behaviour

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A sensory meltdown (overload) is when there are too many stimuli from a certain source

It’s stressful, overwhelming, depletes energy, and makes the person anxious, irritable and grumpy.

A tantrum generally is for 4 reasons:

1. Wanting something
2.  Escaping from something
3.  Attention seeking
4.  Frustration

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• Confusion is the no.1 reason for tantrums
• Repeating questions doesn’t help making it clear
• Explain by showing and a lot of doing, not by telling
• For consistency, you need quality repetition
• Saying the word once doesn’t mean it’s consistent

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• They don’t care and it’s not rewarding
• No meaningful play to follow up on
• There are rigidities you cannot breakthrough
• It’s the hardest type of therapy to master

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• You’re annoying your child
• You’re teaching your child to ignore you
• Why does the iPad work teaching words and not you?
• Say what you want to hear and do the action
• Provide many successful repetitions

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Finding setting, cues and prompts that work

Getting rid of those cues and prompts

Move skills to real life (generalization)

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00:49 Children don’t communicate because it’s not rewarding

1:38  There is no incentive to be social

3:17  Reward behaviours that you want to happen over and over

4:46  Better your relationship with your child

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Stop repeating the same thing over and over

Teach the concept of imitation through gestures

Have a meaning or reward after the imitation