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October, 2007
Speech Tip of the Month
Mary
Williams, CCC-SLP
Activities for Increasing Requesting
Children spontaneously requests objects or actions
several times a day both non-verbally and verbally.
There are several levels of requesting (&
protesting), including use of gestures, pointing,
vocalizations, vocalizations with a change in
inflection, single words, multiple words, and
complete sentences, etc. One way to increase your
child’s expressive communication is to wait for a
desired response instead of immediately giving in.
Don’t give your child the desired action/ object
until he produces the desired level of response.
Model, cue, or prompt your child as necessary.
Reward your child with his efforts by 1) giving the
desired object/action and 2) by lots of praise for
requesting.
Activities to Elicit a Request
1.
Put
a desired toy in a clear plastic jar/box that the
child can not open.
2.
Put
your child’s hands in something sticky/wet (jell-o,
pudding, shaving cream).
3.
Blow
bubbles. Close the jar of the bubbles and hand it
to the child.
4.
Interrupt a familiar routine with something out of
the ordinary.
5.
Do a
puzzle together and hold the last piece.
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