Ming @ Agents of SpeechSpeech Therapist at Agents of Speech

How to Teach Your Non Verbal Child To Imitate You, Pt 3

Name: How to Teach Your Non Verbal Child To Imitate You, Pt 3
Uploaded: 2024-04-29T14:00:15+00:00
Duration: 20 s
Channel: Ming @ Agents of Speech
Description: This YouTube tutorial (How to Teach Your Non Verbal Child To Imitate You, Pt 3) features Ming @ Agents of Speech discussing techniques to encourage…

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This YouTube tutorial (How to Teach Your Non Verbal Child To Imitate You, Pt 3) features Ming @ Agents of Speech discussing techniques to encourage spoken language in a child who is just above single-word level. The chunk shows a play interaction where adults model phrases (e.g., “Choose the orange juice on the right,” “Swipe”) without forcing repetition; the child later produces the requested word spontaneously, illustrating teaching through play and the goal of generalization to real-life contexts.

At this stage, this child is obviously just above single word level. If you're trying to get a child to repeat after you, sometimes the best way is not to think that you will repeat. And then when you're playing, you know, the language suddenly happens.
Yes, that's a blue mineral water. Mommy has another coin.
He's too smart, doesn't need the mom's help.
Put in the coin. Push. Choose the orange juice on the right. Choose the orange juice on the right. Okay, I'm gonna swipe it. You swipe it. Swipe, swipe.
So then you see, finally he starts to use the word that a mother asked him to repeat. And he did it at his own accord, at the right time, at the right place, and with the right meaning. And then we're trying to teach him to generalize, to put it in a more real life scenario.