Teaching Intraverbals to Children with Autism

I recently received a question from someone in my online community about why I recommend Dr. Mark Sundbergs intraverbal subtests. Intraverbals are a big part of teaching conversational skills, so this video is all about assessing and teaching this important communication skill. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkgCu6fpnHzM5SRSI9OvSGbw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/teaching-intraverbals-children-autism/#more-9895">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Teaching Intraverbals to Children with Autism</span></a></div>

Autism and Grandparents: What You Can Do for Your Grandchild with Autism

There are numerous ways for grandparents of autistic children to be involved in teaching and skill development. Todays interview is with a very dedicated grandmother who found Marys online courses and community at almost the exact time she first heard the word autism applied to her grandson. This grandmother has made great progress with the 30-month-old boy using Marys techniques, and plans to continue her autism education.

Autism and Decision Making Skills

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Decision-making skills for kids with autism can be very challenging, considering you can't always be exactly sure that they're picking the choice that they actually want. Neurotypical individuals can make a choice out of three options. But, usually, kids with autism, and even adults with autism spectrum, who have trouble with decision-making, pick the first choice or the last choice and dont really choose what the preferred option is. Thats why I want to talk about autism and decision making and ways that you can help your child or clients make the decisions they truly want to make. And not rely on repetitive behavior.</span> <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CkzenPNhq-Q" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/decision-making-choices-autism/#more-9709">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Autism and Decision Making Skills</span></a></div>

Teaching Techniques: Common Mistakes When Teaching Children with Autism

As behavior analysts, teachers, and even parents, we all make mistakes teaching our children and clients with and without autism. Today we'll be discussing teaching techniques and some of the more common mistakes professionals and parents make when teaching. I know I've made all of these mistakes and I'm sure you'll benefit from hearing these mistakes too. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkhgYWsok9no775C_y3NBH6b" width="640" height="470" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/teaching-techniques-common-mistakes/#more-9647">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Teaching Techniques: Common Mistakes When Teaching Children with Autism</span></a></div>

TalkTools: An Approach to Improve Speech Clarity &#038; Feeding Skills

TalkTools is an approach to improve speech clarity and feeding skills as well as to improve things like drooling in children with and without autism. <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SFJdY3bkJNY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/talktools-approach/#more-9491">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">TalkTools: An Approach to Improve Speech Clarity &#038; Feeding Skills</span></a></div>

Talk Tools &#038; Speech Therapy for Autism with Mags Kirk

Every parent wants their child to succeed, and for many, being able to speak coherently is a huge benchmark of success. Thats why I interviewed speech and language therapist, Mags Kirk. Mags has been a speech therapist since 2003, and thanks to her Talk Tools certification, shes more than qualified to share her knowledge with you and point you and your child in the right direction.

Sign Language for Autism: 3 Reasons to Teach Sign Language

Many autism professionals and parents have heard that children with autism benefit from sign language. But with the wave of technology, a lot of Speech Pathologists, Behavior Analysts and parents want to use other more technically advanced augmentative communication systems such as IPAD apps to help children with autism who do not speak to communicate....

Delayed Speech Development: Talking in Sentences Children with Autism

For a lot of parents and professionals, talking in complete sentences is a major goal for their children and clients. But despite our good intentions there are a lot of mishaps along the way. So Im going to share the seven biggest mistakes youre likely to make when teaching a child with autism to speak in complete sentences.

Echolalia: Is Your Client or Child Repeating Words? Here&#8217;s What You Can Do

As both a parent and a professional in the autism world, I've seen a lot of echolalia in the past 2 decades. Echolalia is a child with autism repeating what you just said. So if you say, do you want a cookie, the child can either say cookie or do you want a cookie? Either way, we're talking about the child echoing you without answering your question. So today I'm going to talk all about echolalia. <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3VjjeQQ7Mu4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/echolalia-child-repeating-words/#more-8589">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Echolalia: Is Your Client or Child Repeating Words? Here&#8217;s What You Can Do</span></a></div>