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Email UpdatesAmyShymansky @ October 11, 2009 # One Comment
Teaching children with autism to answer wh ?’s questions is an imperative skill for improving comprehension and social language skills. Answering wh?’s can be broken down and taught using rules and concrete concepts. When teaching who, what, and where questions begin first by teaching rules.
Rules
Who =person
Where= place
When = time
Person, Place, Time
Once your child can [...]
AmyShymansky @ October 7, 2009 # 10 Comments
The “art” of social conversation is a very abstact concept. How do we teach concreate learners, such as children with Autism Spectrum Disorders appropriate social language skills? By making it concrete of course! When developing an understanding of what appropriate social conversation “looks like” there are some rules and structures we can begin to develop [...]
AmyShymansky @ September 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Join us! Teaching Children with Autism Conversation Skills Saturday, October 24th 10am. Learn strategies for building social language skills in your child. Develop your child’s ability to initiate and maintain conversations with others, ask questions, decrease perseverative topics, as well as self-monitor his or her own conversation skills. Spaces are limited. Email SkillSprout@gmail.com to register today!