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[Snow24]

Hi So50


Saw your sharing. How to establish or improve joint attention?

[sharonkhoo]

Snow24:

Hi slmkhoo


Yes this one is younger one. He is non verbal,no speech.How to work on speech.

Keep talking and reading to him? Make eye contact with him when asking him a question, and encourage him to communicate by pointing first. And when he makes a response, say it in words for him. Eg \"Do you want to go to the playground?\" Excited response. \"Yes, you do! Let's go to the playground now.\" etc. Later on, when he can actually say words, then make opportunities for him to respond. 13 mths is too early to be concerned about speech as it's normal for kids not to speak until closer to 18mths, and anything up to 24 mths is considered \"normal\". Their muscles and coordination need to improve before they can form words. Even my chatty younger girl didn't say her first recognisable words until 15mths.

[ImMeeMee]

Snow24:

Hi


How do we get a 13 month old child who is non verbal to learn how to babble and say one syllabus word.He is very active and wasn't looking at me when he was busy with his toys eg toy car and I not sure when I say eg car....car was he hearing me or not . Beside anyone can share the strategy or method to use to encourage speech.

Snow

Since he is into toy cars, get him to repeat the word 'car' after you before you give him his car. Say the word in front of him, and while speaking the word, point to the car so that he knows the object is a car. Try to withhold the toy for a while as you wait for his response before giving it to him. Do this every day and do not be frustrated or give up if he does not follow initially. As long as he mouths the word at the initial phase it is a small step forward.

Like what slmkhoo said, you may want to give some time since your child is still young.

[So50]

Hi Snow 24, yes i agree with slmkhoo. 13mths very young leh…

To increase joint attention, can try throwing a ball to him and asking him to catch. Do it at a short distance. But i think a 13mth old probably will not entertain you at this moment… You can use those balls meant for playing during swimming. You have to pump some air into it. Its very light and will be more manageable when they are toddlers… Then my CC school teacher ask me to spend 10mins every night, looking into eyes and talking to him… Eg, "baby, you have beautiful eyes. Can i look at them.?" She explain i have to keep practising it if not, the eye contact will get lesser…of cos, my boy do not give me 10mins full attention looking at me.

[So50]

Hi Snow 24, yes i agree with slmkhoo. 13mths very young leh…

To increase joint attention, can try throwing a ball to him and asking him to catch. Do it at a short distance. But i think a 13mth old probably will not entertain you at this moment… You can use those balls meant for playing during swimming. You have to pump some air into it. Its very light and will be more manageable when they are toddlers… Then my CC school teacher ask me to spend 10mins every night, looking into eyes and talking to him… Eg, "baby, you have beautiful eyes. Can i look at them.?" She explain i have to keep practising it if not, the eye contact will get lesser…of cos, my boy do not give me 10mins full attention looking at me.

[bs1975]

Thanks mummies for your feedback.

My boy can request using gesture and point to far object already.
But he doesn’t show me things he likes yet.
Yes. Always create opportunity for him to request. But he only uses gestures, no words.
I just don’t understand why my current eipic still don’t want to start PEC, my boy has been there for 6 weeks already. I keep in touch with a mummy whose boy is with another centre, they already started PEC in the first few weeks.
Teacher said gross motor skills and body muscle will affect speech, is it true?

[Cool Cool]

Hi So50, your son recently joined to Dynamics? May be in the same class as my son. Yes. You can PM me. But I may not know much since I am not the one sending and fetching him.

[So50]

Hi Coolcool, my boy is not in the dynamics class. He is taking the OT and ST seperately…he is in CC and goes for the ST and OT after his class. I would like to find out more about the EIP class.


Hi Bs1975, i dunnoe whether gross motor skills will affect speech. But some asd kids tend to have poor muscle tone…i believe all these are interrelated and hence will affect not only his speech, but self dependence skiils in future. My boy still in walker pants in school. And i believe for him to take his pants out and putting his shirt on is a tad more difficult than others…so teacher always ask me to practise fine motor skills such as picking beans etc. this will train up his finger muscles in preparation for further task such as cutting, wearing his clothes etc… But to get him to practise at home is so difficult, he will often wonder away and whine for ipad… One of his favourite words is "ipad"…

[So50]

My dear fellow mummies,


My boy currently can speak single words. We are moving towards 2-word combiner…will we ever get to a stage where he can response more like a normal kid. For eg, if i ask "how old are you?", "what’s your name?"…
Everynight, i switch off all tv, and just talk…dunnoe if he is really listening… Will this helps.? So far, i feel i am talking to a wall… He is only interested to name the objects that he like.
He is 3 now. I do not know what i should i expect at times. And its making me worried…

[sharonkhoo]

So50:

My dear fellow mummies,


My boy currently can speak single words. We are moving towards 2-word combiner...will we ever get to a stage where he can response more like a normal kid. For eg, if i ask \"how old are you?\", \"what's your name?\"....
Everynight, i switch off all tv, and just talk...dunnoe if he is really listening.. Will this helps.? So far, i feel i am talking to a wall... He is only interested to name the objects that he like.
He is 3 now. I do not know what i should i expect at times. And its making me worried....

Every child has a different timetable. Maybe you can try using the things he likes to encouarge him to listen? Make those \"things\" talk to each other or to him, make up games and stories using those things. If he is engaged and listens more, it may encourage him to speak.

Unfortunately, ASD kids are generally not so motivated to please others, so they will not try to do something just because their mothers want them to! And they tend to switch off when something doesn't interest them. So motivating them is always a challenge - you have to find a way to make them want to do what you want them to do, using their interests.