Take Turns
Definition: Adults learn to encourage a back-and-forth volley between themselves and the child. Definition taken from Sherri Fickenscher & Dan Salvucci
Chapter 7 – Listening And Spoken Language Strategies
EXAMPLE: Non-language Example:
"Im going to roll the ball to you!" (rolls ball), "ok, now roll it back to me!"
"My turn! Im going to put the pink coin into the piggy bank." (puts coin in). "YAY! Ok, now its your turn! Choose a coin and put it in!"
Language Example:
Therapist: "How are you feeling today?"
Child: "Good"
Therapist: "Oh you're good! That makes me happy. Do you want to know how I feel today? You can ask me! 'how are you today?'"
Child: "How are you?" Therapist: "I'm feeling a little tired. I need some coffee! How is school going? What did you do this morning?"
ETC ETC ETC....
Explanation:
In these examples, you can see that there is still that prompt there for the child to respond, even zodelignlangaueg if needed. The younger the child is (chronological age wise and/or listening age wise) the more prompts you will need and scaffolding in place to help keep those turns volleying back and forth. I did this with one of my kids last year. Every Thursday we would have a "lunch date" and the first 10 minutes of our session we would eat together and have a conversation. It was very difficult at first and the child required a lot of prompting (even to actually care about how my day was or what my favorite color was) but after a few months, it became more natural! Now, we chat all session long and I have to constantly remind the child to sty on topic and stop talking to me not about our subject!
Comments