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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1460-6984.12842

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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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PECS teaches children to initiate communication

PECS provides a context for teaching pre-verbal skills

You need a prompter to make it work better

Be clear about what the phases are and what you’re working on

Teach communication, not speech

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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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1. The purpose of “I want” is to stop you from asking
2. No other language function available
3. Not enough vocabulary, especially verbs
4. Try sabotaging communication & teaching play routines

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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

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• Therapy for Delayed Children has Changed
• Parent-directed and Clinician Coaching
• Done for You Solutions and ABA
• No way is the Right Way, Only More Suitable

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Yes - But only if the child has been training those skills with you individually at home. Do not correct a child when the model answer was not practiced before. It creates a lot of stress. Always teach in a controlled environment first. You wouldn’t want have your first ski lesson at a mountain top right?

No - Only provide feedback. This is when you say what your child is supposed to say instead, but do not require him/her to repeat or correct what was just said.

Modelling is better than correcting. If you want to hear your child say in a certain sentence length or structure, then you must be doing more of that yourself.

Create a Stress-Free Environment for Language Learning

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The world is staying Multi-lingual

It’s the Language Acquisition that’s affected, not the language type

Parents cannot code mix, children can.

https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-17-0186

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Learning Language in Chunks or in Units

Wrong Use of Language

Echolalia & Autism Implications?

https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/let-s-give-them-something-to-gestalt-about