{"id":301,"date":"2012-03-15T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T17:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:18:09","slug":"encouraging-communication-in-the-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/speech-therapy-techniques\/encouraging-communication-in-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Communication in the Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mother<\/a>

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While your child learns new communication skills with his speech-language pathologist (SLP), you can also work on your own communication skills. Learning more effective means of communicating with your speech disordered or delayed child can help him progress more quickly. Take advantage of everyday activities to encourage language. Create a communication-friendly environment for your child by using techniques that stimulate verbal and nonverbal communication. Always discuss home-based speech therapy<\/a> with your child\u2019s SLP. The SLP can offer advice and suggest educational activities that are tailored to your child\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

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Constant Conversations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even if your child does not join in on conversations, he benefits from hearing them. Keep up a running narrative when you are with your child. Describe what you are doing as you do it. For example, if you\u2019re making a salad for dinner, talk about how bright red and juicy the tomatoes are. If you\u2019re helping your child get dressed, say \u201cNow let\u2019s put on your sweater. We\u2019ll put on the right arm first and now it\u2019s time for the left arm. Help Mommy pull the sweater down over your head. Now let\u2019s put on your shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mother<\/a>

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Ask Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ask your child specific questions to elicit speech. Instead of asking what he would like to eat for lunch, ask him if he would like a turkey sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich. Providing choices for your child increases the likelihood that he will voice his preference. If your child does not speak, hold up one finger when you tell him the first choice and two fingers for the second choice. Encourage him to indicate his preference by holding up one or two fingers.<\/p>\n

Modeling Speech<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teach your child by example by providing him with good models of speech. Speak with a moderate pace and articulate every word carefully. Providing appropriate models of patterns of speech is more effective for teaching your child than pointing out his errors, which is likely to frustrate him.<\/p>\n

\"Child<\/a>

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For example, your child might say \u201cSee the pid\u201d instead of \u201cSee the pig.\u201d Rather than saying \u201cSay pig, not pid,\u201d you can help your child learn by saying something like \u201cI see the pig. He\u2019s a very big pig. Pigs are my favorite animal. What color is the pig?\u201d In this example, you would repeat the word \u201cpig\u201d four times. Repeating the correct pronunciation several times helps your child learn to discern the difference between \u201cpid\u201d and \u201cpig.\u201d<\/p>\n \n \n \n \"Parents'<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n

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While your child learns new communication skills with his speech-language pathologist (SLP), you can also work on your own communication skills. Learning more effective means of communicating with your speech disordered or delayed child can help him progress more quickly. Take advantage of everyday activities to encourage language. Create a communication-friendly environment for your child […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[148,152,147,150,20,149,151],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speech-therapy-techniques","tag-home-based-speech-therapy","tag-how-to-talk-with-children","tag-improving-communication-skills","tag-modeling-speech-patterns","tag-speech-disorders-1","tag-speech-therapy-activities","tag-speech-therapy-treatments"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11772,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/11772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}