Hello everyone,
Welcome again to our new readers!
Today we’re going to delve further into something I touched on a couple of weeks ago. The importance of using language to ‘Share’ vs simply ‘Requesting’.
I’ve also created a special audio sample for you to listen to so please read on…
Often children with autism will use their language to ‘Request’ for needs and wants like:
- What they want to eat
- Wanting a push on the swing
- Wanting help to join the train pieces together
but they can find it very hard to ‘share’ their thoughts and ideas with us.
Such as sharing…
- That they can see an aeroplane in the sky
- What they did at school, preschool or day care
- How they feel when their baby brother draws on their picture
- Their favourite flavour of ice cream
- Why they don’t want to go and play with their friend today
If children are only using their language to ‘request’ things and not to ‘share’ thoughts and feelings then it often means they are not using their language very much at all because they don’t need to request for many things in their day.
This can become an even bigger issue as the child gets older Read more …
