Teaching Colors to Children with Autism & What Autism Colors to Teach First
In the autism world, there seems to be a big push to teaching colors to kids with autism. So, today I’m going to talk about when and how to teach colors to a child with autism, and what autism colors to teach first.https://youtu.be/TIWjdyrox8k?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkgpCdoAS1f7rG423gkh2wEJAbout 15 years ago, a local mom who’s a friend of mine brought […]
Why Teaching Carrier Phrases is a Bad Idea
For those of you who know me well, you know that I’m not a fan of teaching carrier phrases to kids with autism. So today, I’m going to tell you why.https://youtu.be/tWR7rR5zDscI’ve never done a full blog on carrier phrases, but my blog on teaching Timmy to talk in four word utterances where I talk a […]
What Language Should You Teach to Young Children With Autism in Bilingual Families?
Many of you have seen my videos of Chino, who I started working with in 2010, when he was just 20-21 months old. He made amazing progress and he is now in early elementary school with little support and he is fully conversational. In fact, he’s bilingual in Spanish and English, as this is what […]
Autism and Language Development: My #1 Technique to Get ANY Child Talking More!
My #1 Technique to Get ANY Child Talking More!My weekly video blogs are usually for autism professionals and parents, but I have a little secret on autism and language development. All the techniques I talk about work great for any child even a child without disabilities. You see all of the strategies I recommend are […]
Expanding Expressive Language: What’s Wrong with the Goal for Timmy to Talk In 4-Word Utterances?
In last week’s video blog, I discussed a few ABA strategies to develop first sounds and words in children with autism. Today I’m going to discuss expanding expressive language carefully in children who are speaking in 1 or 2-word utterances where we have echoic control meaning if we say “say ball” the child will say […]