Okay...Lets talk about non verbal communication... what does your child need to become more communicative? Nonvocal communication: communicates with facial movements, with hand movements, with body language, with natural signs, pointing or gestures, with learned signs, with pictures or symbols or with touches. Vocal Communication: makes sounds to himself, responds to others with sounds, initiates communication with sounds, makes non-speech sounds, makes conventional speech sounds, takes turns with sounds, makes strings of sound, imitates others sounds, makes unusual sounds, yells or screams, changes his sounds to be more like others sounds. Reasons your child communicates: to get his needs met, to show affection, to express emotions, to protest, to get attention, to accompany play, to imitate, to get information. Receptive Communication: Understands others emotions, understands words, understands sentences, understands nonverbal communications, understands others intentions, follows directions. Possible Problems: Rarely communicates in anyways, communicating only with movements, only with sounds, more to self then others, mainly to get needs met, rarely responds to others communications. Question: What you can do to help your child become communicative in these five strategies: The following are ways to help your child become a communicator with any behaviors he can do. 1munication here does not mean talking; it means exchanging messages with people. 2.start with the strategies below that come most easily for you 3.try one or two as you play with your child, then watch how he responds. 4.keep doing the ones that work with your child. 5.If certain ones seem uncomfortable, do not push yourself. There are many different ways to be effective. 6.Try new strategies when little is happening with your child. 7.Determine success by what results in more communicating. 8.The goal is for your child to communicate more frequently and in new ways. 9.Be patient and feel energized by every new communication. How ever small it seems, it is important for your child. BE RESPONSIVE Respond to your child as if he were communicating Respond to your childs spontaneous movements and wait Respond to your childs sounds and wait Respond to your childs play and wait Respond more too positive then negative behavior Respond with a behavior you child CAN do. BE BALANCED Communicate once then wait silently Take turns back and fourth with actions Take turns back and fourth with sounds Avoid dominating the interaction Do not allow child to dominate the interaction Get into the habit of give and take with your child BE MATCHED Act in ways your child can act Communicate nonverbally as your child does Talk in ways your child can talk Show your child a next step Match his action with a sound Match his sounds with a word Imitate his sounds playfully BE EMOTIONALLY PLAYFUL Play with sounds back and fourth Be animated and noticeable Do the unexpected Do more of what your child finds funny Be physically playful Play pretend Do pantomime games Be AFFECTIONATE SHARE CONTROL Initiate as much as respond to child Respond as much as initiate to child Take the lead half the time Let the child take the lead half the time avoid being dominate or passive. I hope I havent overloaded you guys with too much info, just sharing what works for us at home and has been for almost 4 years. Every ASD child is different so these may or may not work...But its always worth a try :) Good nights Friends xoxox
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:12:56 +0000
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