Speech Therapy For Autism : 10 Proven Way For Speech Development At Home

Today in this blog we will discuss those 10 ways which will help you in your child’s speech development. First of all, keep in mind that you should not worry at all. If your health gets affected due to tension, then who will work with your child? Whenever you have to sit in front of your child, you have to sit full of positive energy and learn everything from him. Take the pen and pencil and note down all the daily routine activities first. Make a daily routine chart for your child like :

When he or she wakes up

What time does your baby brush our teeth

What time does your baby bath

How many times when he or she go to the toilet

Favorite toys

Favorite food

What time does your baby sleep

What is the perfect time when your child to sit or play with you

Make a child behavior list

Spend playtime with your child

3 out of 4 ASD children show some impaired language abilities by the time they enter kindergarten, which may be mild or extreme while 1 in 4 autistic children show typical or even exceptional language abilities by the age of 5. See for this

10 Proven Ways for Speech Development: Speech Therapy For Autism

An autistic child has many behaviors, everybody thinks that our child is not able to speak, and even if He or She does, the words Mumma and Papa do not relate to us. But also keep in mind that speech is the last step, first of all, we have to work on the understanding of our child, only then he or she will reach the speech step.

So Let’s start

1. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Make a noun book, in this noun book, put pictures of the child’s Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, and even the Autistic child. You do not need to put pictures of all the relatives, first, you will show pictures only of those who live in your home and stay with the child for 24 hours. When you feel that the child has recognized you then you will add other photos. In the Noun Book put pictures of single persons of everyone in your family and keep in mind that there should be pictures of only one single person on one page.

In PECS, children learn to communicate and gradually start feeling those emotions and attachments within their family. One more thing to keep in mind is that a supportive environment has to be created for the child.

In this noun book, you can put pictures of your child’s Favourite toy, Favourite food, Favourite transport, animals, and birds for recognition, and keep this in mind also play animal sounds, and transport sounds along with the child. If the child is not responding, then you can use the child’s reinforcer to draw his attention towards you.

2. Daily routine activity to reduce Hyperactivity

Mostly parents keep complaining that if our child does not sit with us then how should we work with him or her? However, it has been observed that initially, the child can hardly sit for even 15 minutes, then with the practice of daily routine, he or she will be able to sit with you for 1 hour to 90 minutes.

Yes, it is true that autistic children are so hyperactive that they cannot sit properly, for parents will have to involve the child in gym ball exercises, deep compression exercises, and playtime 3 hours before sitting so that he remains calm down when you want to work with your child. Slowly he will start showing you by sitting properly.

3. Parent-child Interaction

In these technical ways, parents should learn from the child therapist how they can handle their child at home. You must discuss your child’s behavior with the therapist without hiding anything. You must tell him which behavior is causing you the most trouble such as self-harming behavior, sensory behavior, etc. Your child therapist will show you the way to correct your child’s behavior.

4. Music Therapy

Create a daily routine in which you play music with your autistic child and you too repeat the Rhyme words. Keep in mind that you should not let him use the mobile phone or watch TV. In Music therapy activity you should play music on speakers and make your child dance and sing along with physical prompts. It has been found that Autistic children like music a lot and gradually they will start enjoying it.

5. Use of visual supports

Design one sensory room for your child in which a chart of Alphabets, Family photos, cards like Fruits, Vegetables, Household items, Toilet training cards, Brushing cards, and Bathing cards, and also place the lighting toys and puzzles for your kids. For the sensory problem child plays with lighting toys and has fun himself. Keep in mind that this is a daily activity card, do it with the child by pointing the finger and after explaining the details once a day, gradually the autistic child will start relating the picture to his daily routine.

6. Use of Speech Promoting Devices

Make your child do daily blowing and sucking exercises for speech development, like blowing a balloon, use of straws for sucking juice, use of blowing toys given on my website in the SHOP category, and practice all Tongue movements given in the picture.

1. You can do daily mouth exercises by massaging on cheeks anticlockwise direction and clockwise direction.
2. You can use a vibrator brush for brushing and with the help of a vibrator brush gives sensory stimulation on the cheeks on the inside and outside of the mouth.
3. Give a blowing practice daily.
4. Give teeth chew toys for improvement in oral motor muscles.

7. Use of Reinforcer of Your Child

Whenever your child tries to move, motivate him to speak and give him reinforcers. This means that you must use reinforcer words to motivate him like yippee, hurr-ray, very good, excellent, clap for your child, and hug him or her for motivation.

8. Use of Occupational therapy toys

Works on your children’s balance and co-ordination, finger strength, focus, and attention, fine and gross motor skills, and many other parameters, we give a list of a few toys that work on specific parameters on special kids or autistic kids Also Read: Speech Delay vs Autism – 6-Essential Clues for Breaking Barriers in Communication

Trampoline, Rope ladder, Tunnel, Swings, Fish tank, Wrapping techniques, Fine motor activities, Sorting and Matching activity, use of jigsaw puzzle in Routine practice.

9. Use of Meaningful Words rather than Sentences

Give short or meaningful word instructions to your child for speech development, because Autistic children lack understanding, and the child cannot process long sentences, when you start Speech Development practice, give single-word or two-word instructions. Eat, drink, come, go, and thereafter when he or she understands these words, then change instruction into two words like drink water, eat food, touch door, touch nose, etc.

10. Work on Social interaction

Take your child to a park or some nice place for a stroll at least once a day. When the child goes to the park daily, He or She will gradually mingle with other children and this will solve his problem of social interaction. Involve him or her in playing with the other children in your presence.

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