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How to Stop Your Child from Pulling Your Hand

Name: How to Stop Your Child from Pulling Your Hand
Uploaded: 2023-01-12T12:00:28+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Ming @ Agents of Speech
Description: This YouTube advice clip (Ming @ Agents of Speech) instructs parents to be proactive in creating repeated opportunities for their child to request items…

12 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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This YouTube advice clip (Ming @ Agents of Speech) instructs parents to be proactive in creating repeated opportunities for their child to request items and practice speech rather than waiting for the child to initiate. Ming recommends giving desired items slowly, prompting/teaching the target word, then withholding and waiting for the child to attempt or imitate; repeat multiple times (several trials—example: five repetitions) to find how much the child will imitate to obtain the item. The segment focuses on repetition, imitation, and gradually increasing demand to encourage communication.

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Be active and create opportunities instead of waiting for your child to want to talk to you. So a lot of times what I hear from parents is that, oh yeah, sometimes according to their mood, the child will pull me towards the kitchen and I will kneel down to them and say, what do you want? And then he copies me and says, like cookie or whatever, and I give it to them. And that's it. That's only one trial. That's only one time. What children need and what us humans need is repetition. What you need to do is to get the stuff that he wants, maybe as a toy, as a food, the snacks, drinks, give it to him slowly, give him some, and then wait for him to. To want more and then teach again. If you do it like five times in one go, then you can slowly increase and see where the middle point is. How much is he willing to talk? How much can he imitate in order to get what he wants?