Instead of telling your child to “Say___” or “Use your words!”

The five tips for using with toddlers or children are preferred over asking them to use their words or telling them to say something.

  1. Modeling

  2. Choices

  3. Pause and Wait

  4. Ask Questions (if developmentally appropriate)

  5. Honor all communication: If they communicated in another way such as gestures, vocalizations, gestalts, facial expressions acknowledge that and respond

Lia Douglas

Pediatric neurodivergent affirming Speech Language Pathologist. Owner of Beach Speech Pediatric therapy in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Natural Language Acquisition Certified SLP for gestalt language processors!

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