Mouth and face games
Mouth and face games, which are really a larger-than-life version of face-to-face games for babies, are probably the most important "games" to get an autistic child talking and interested in human interaction....
10 important strategies for language comprehension
10 Developmental Strategies to Help Your Child Understand Language Look at what the child is looking at AND look at his face so you can tune into his emotional state. Remember that the meaning of the words is not in the thing,...
The basics of language development
Human language is not only a learned behavior, but consists of complex social communication about emotional-mental states, thoughts and ideas using symbols and cultural meanings. 1. divided attention When a...
Showing is the first sentence of a child
Joint Attention Joint attention is the process of sharing the experience of observing an object or event by following the gaze or pointing gestures of another. It is the mental progression from a two-way to a...
The gestures of the child are what he wants to say
Gestural communication Long before a child learns to speak, that is, at least in the first 15 months, he communicates through GESTURES: with the hands, fingers, pointing, giving, handing, pushing away, ...BODY LANGUAGE: he moves his foot to say:...
Co-Regulation
Self-regulation arises from co-regulation The ability to self-regulate is fundamental to healthy development and the basis for all further learning and cooperative behavior. This is a matter of identifying and adapting to challenging behaviors and...
Joint problem solving: Every interaction - a good interaction!
Joint problem solving: Every interaction - a good interaction! When we want to help a child up the developmental ladder, problems are our best friends and helpers! Earlier, after putting Bruno's beloved letters in a screw-top jar, we...
He loves water!
Water is this unique medium that envelops you and seems to offer no resistance, can carry you but cannot be held. To hold it requires a container that gives the water a shape and boundary, and then a second...
How shelves promote language development
Did you know that toy shelves promote language development? Everything has its place instead of disappearing into a big box or sitting around somewhere. Everything that has its place has a name. There are the little pieces that like to be categorized....
Floortime is evidence-based
Young children with autistic-like behaviors or suspected diagnosis of autism are currently in the whole world, a "burning" issue, because in recent years, the numbers of such children are increasing rapidly in an alarming way. Also educational and...
