Tuesday Tip:
Happy Tuesday!! Allowing your toddler to make a choice can be the beginning of a beautiful communication pattern. I have noted that a majority of my parents desire to have their children request food/beverages, activities, and/or objects. A successful technique and protocol for working on initiating requests include:
1. Provide the child with the verbal cue of "want oatmeal or want fruit?" in conjunction with pointing (visual cue)
2. Allowing time for the child to make a choice and respond (30 seconds)
3. Providing them with the model of "want oatmeal" or "oatmeal please" no more than 3 times (reducing communication frustration), and allowing them to have the desired object or activity following the third model.
This provides the child with the opportunity to practice requesting, a model of the expected utterance or acceptable word/s, and the feeling that they are allowed to have a choice in some of their daily lives and routines. Hope this quick tip is helpful, please feel free to share strategies and techniques that work for children on your caseload or your child :)
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