Journal for Keeping Up To Date In Communicative Disorders

Published on July 19, 2004 By Cheryll In Welcome

I have always thought it would be great to have one place to keep all my online research. There is so much to know in speech and language... so many areas of expertise. Frequently I will learn something and then move onto a new area, only for forget all about the earlier area of study. Belonging to several speech and language online groups, I have found so much wisdom and a lively sense of creativity. I don't want to forget any of it. So here I will post my findings and encourage like-minded speech therapists to do the same. To remind us of what we already know, to point each other in new directions, and to help each other solve problems.

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Cheryll

on Jul 19, 2004

Training A Small Child To Look At Your Mouth For Cues
I found this helpful tip from a parent on an apraxia forum.
My daughter would refuse to look also. I would hold something (a toy because our tx has always revolved around play and toys) by my mouth or I would give her a hand cue around the face and always say "look to me for help" or "look at my mouth" if she needed more specific directions. I like the "look to me for help" because I feel that tells her "I am only trying to help you". After awhile of doing this consistently she looked on her own. A lot of times just putting the toy by my face made her look - I didn't even have to say anything (she's a very visual learner). Now I see her automatically look at my mouth. She only looks away if she is getting tired or overstimulated and that is my cue to back off, try again later.

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