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189 Your Child Is A Gestalt Language Learner? Uses Echolalia? 4 Tips To Help Expand Interactive Skills
Hey Friends~
Are you wondering why your child echoes you? Do they not really answer the question, but actually repeat what you say, back to you? This pattern of communication is indicative of a Gestalt Language Processor. This pattern is common among kiddos with autism. Kids without autism may also use this pattern of language, though it is most common in the very early years.
How do you manage this?
Always respond
Be a sleuth - figure out what that echo might represent
Embrace their attempts to communicate
Understand this is a script
Listen in for examples and ideas for how to respond, what…
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