Ming from Agents of Speech explains why speech-delayed kids, especially those with autism, struggle to use skills they've learned in real social situations. She suggests practicing in group settings and playdates, getting classroom support, and giving direct feedback when they use language the wrong way.
Your training is more for your child to generalize what they learned with you in the clinic room or at home, basically, and to use it in real life. Okay. How to make the transition and make them into a smooth experience. Right. So sometimes and most of the time, we do this for children who are on the autism spectrum. Okay. And where his or her language isn't bad at all. They can talk in sentences, they can, like, describe everything and so on, so forth. It's just that they can't see the appropriate things at the appropriate time, which is sad because, you know, they have so much ability. And how you do that is through group settings, setting. This is very difficult to do at home because home itself is a very set context, unless you have a play date. Whether children, which is a very good idea, by the way, ask for a shadow teacher or like a learning support to help them in the classroom. Okay, let's say the distance between someone when they're talking is too close, which happens a lot, by the way. Then you have to tell them, hey, this behavior, you know, identify it, tell them it's not cool. Hey, it's not cool.
