If your child is over 1 and doesn't yet have any, or many. single words then try some of the strategies below to prompt and encourage...

Books are a great tool to use to develop your child's interaction and communication skills and are something nearly all of us have at...

Including pauses and waiting during play and interactions can encourage more communication from your child. We don't always give our...

If your child doesn't readily look at you during interactions, or actively avoids eye contact, this could be indicative of a social...

Offer choices to your child to help encourage them to use and develop their communication skills to express a choice or preference. Offering choices creates an opportunity for your child to use their commination skills to express a preference, and/or offers you an opportunity to encourage them to communicate to indicate a preference. By offering your child a choice, rather than immediately given them the item (even when you know what they want) you are creating a communicatio

If your child struggles to engage in activities for more than a minute or two at a time, or their attention seems 'fleeting' when playing...

I use Mr Potato Head in most of my sessions, including assessment sessions, to support language and communication development in the...