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The Power of Parents in Autism Intervention

Parents are now considered the "partners" of speech-language pathologists. The two work together to make therapy an ongoing process for the child, with the parent learning how to encourage the child's communication during daily routines and activities. But what about parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, who sometimes find it difficult to catch their child’s attention or engage them in an activity? If parent-implemented intervention relies on interaction between the parent and child, can it still work if the parent is struggling to interact and engage with their child? Find out what the most recent research says.

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Parents’ Role in Language Intervention

For most children, seeing a speech language pathologist once per week isn’t enough time to develop language skills. In fact, it’s hard to learn any new skill if it’s only practiced for one hour per week. But if you work together with your child’s speech language pathologist, you can come up with goals and activities that you can do at home during your everyday life that will make a huge difference in your child’s language learning. Ultimately, you can provide language intervention every day, many times a day, as you go through your daily routines.

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Books for Kids Who Don’t Like Books

Book reading is one of the most important things you can do with a child to build his early literacy skills. But what if your child doesn’t like books? Here are some tips that may help to engage reluctant readers and help them see how fun book reading can be!

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