Description
Description
Because communication is about so much more than words, teaching non-verbal clients how to communicate, either verbally or with an AAC device, can be very challenging. If you feel like you’re rolling a rock uphill in these situations, take a look at my Communication Basics Checklist. Perhaps they are missing foundational skills that will help them function better as communicators.
This checklist describes several foundational skills that many non-verbal clients need before they really “get” communication. These include:
- Consistent Joint Attention
- Choosing
- Planning
- Turn taking with eye contact
- Joint play
- Extended eye contact
- Simple symbolic play
Please email denise@thespeechumbrella.com with any questions. Check out my podcast Go! With AAC: Everything Has a Name for more about each skill. Also, these Simple Tools videos demonstrate how to work on these skills.
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Description
Description
Because communication is about so much more than words, teaching non-verbal clients how to communicate, either verbally or with an AAC device, can be very challenging. If you feel like you’re rolling a rock uphill in these situations, take a look at my Communication Basics Checklist. Perhaps they are missing foundational skills that will help them function better as communicators.
This checklist describes several foundational skills that many non-verbal clients need before they really “get” communication. These include:
- Consistent Joint Attention
- Choosing
- Planning
- Turn taking with eye contact
- Joint play
- Extended eye contact
- Simple symbolic play
Please email denise@thespeechumbrella.com with any questions. Check out my podcast Go! With AAC: Everything Has a Name for more about each skill. Also, these Simple Tools videos demonstrate how to work on these skills.
