Ming @ Agents of SpeechSpeech Therapist at Agents of Speech

How To Teach Your Child To Respond To Their Name, Pt 1

Name: How To Teach Your Child To Respond To Their Name, Pt 1
Uploaded: 2024-05-03T14:00:31+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Ming @ Agents of Speech
Description: YouTube video (May 3, 2024) by Ming @ Agents of Speech giving practical guidance to parents on teaching children—especially children on the autism…

3 May 2024 · 1 min

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YouTube video (May 3, 2024) by Ming @ Agents of Speech giving practical guidance to parents on teaching children—especially children on the autism spectrum—to respond to their name. Key advice in this segment: avoid repeating the child’s name multiple times (don’t call name in vain), because some autistic children learn rigid rules (e.g., respond after several repetitions); aim for the child to respond on the first prompt. The presenter notes that remote coaching limits hands-on work, so parents act as the practitioner’s “hands.”

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We've been teaching children how to respond to the names, whatever, like over the Internet. And we teach parents to do it. Right. We don't do it ourselves. It's impossible to focus over the Internet. So that's why you are my hands. Okay, so how do we do it? The first thing is that we don't use the names over and over and over again. We don't repeat ourselves. Why? Let's say that you call the child's name like five times. Every time you say Steven, Steven, Steven, Steven, Steven, and then they suddenly respond. And so what happens is that if your child is on the spectrum and he is somewhat autistic, then what's going to happen is because they're very rule based and they're very rigid, they're going to think that, oh, when mom calls me five times, that's not good. You want them to respond on the first go. Right. So don't always use it in vain. All right? Don't keep on saying it.