Many kids with autism need to be taught to answer yes and no, and very few professionals know how to teach this skill. So today, it's all about yes and no.
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Many professionals and parents struggle with what to teach once a child has dozens or hundreds of single words. So today I'm going to talk about what I recommend next, which is teaching actions and teaching verbs to children with autism.
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A common thing that happens when you try to teach children with autism more advanced language skills is that you lose the tacts. Today, I'm going to cover what that means and how to avoid it.
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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.
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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.
I’m a big proponent of table time even for toddlers. Most early intervention professionals and behavior analysts recommend more natural environment teaching methods for young children with autism. But I have found the quicker we can get a child sitting at a table to learn, the better he or she will do.
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...
