Ways to Communicate with Your Child with ASD

As any parent or guardian 🤱 with a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) would know, communication is among the more difficult areas that you would have to work on. Most often, children with autism remain nonverbal even after age 4.

That is why as the leading provider of early intervention in North Miami Davie at Superhero Kiddos,ABA/Behavior Support, we are listing down the ways that you can improve your communication 👨‍👨‍👧 with your child through the best ABA interventions we use in our practice ourselves. These include:

• 🌸Encouraging communication through play and social interactions
  Consider activities that do not focus on their communication skills and instead on their interaction with their playmates. This removes the pressure of communicating verbally which then allows them to learn at their own pace.
• 🌸Imitating positive behaviors
  Imitation works by encouraging more vocalization in your child. That said, be mindful to do only the positive behaviors, stop when they start throwing things.
• 🌸Extending patience and leaving ‘space’ for your child to talk
  Expect that the child 🙇🏻 will take longer to respond; in fact, expect that sometimes they won’t respond to the way you communicated initially. They may respond through body movement or sound. When they do, make sure to respond promptly. This helps them validate their way of communication.🧏🏻‍♀️

We work to bring out your child’s full potential through ABA therapy in North Miami Beach, Florida and other ABA-based interventions.

To learn more about the strategies in ABA in Broward we use, be sure to check back next time.