Meaningful Speech® | Echolalia and Child Led Therapy on Instagram: "Do you know what babbling looks like on an AAC device? It’s okay to let a child babble on their device! We know a lot about the importance of babbling when it comes to speaking with our mouths, but we don’t hear about the importance of allowing a child to babble on their AAC device. Oftentimes, this is looked at as meaningless or that the child isn’t interested in using the device in a “functional” way or “isn’t ready” for a rob

Meaningful Speech® | Echolalia and Child Led Therapy on Instagram: "October is AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) month! All month long we’ll be talking about AAC and gestalt language processing. *Note: Not all apps refer to it as “topics” they might use a different name such as categories, secondary pages, activity folders, etc. NOW is the time to get your child or student started with robust speech generating devices because most popular AAC apps are on MAJOR sale! ⭐️ @prcsaltill

Meaningful Speech® | Echolalia and Child Led Therapy on Instagram: "Has your autistic child been labeled as “non-verbal”? It’s possible they are developing language differently. Here are 4 signs your nonspeaking or minimally speaking child is a gestalt language processor: 1. They sing or hum songs but have no “words”. 2. You can’t understand what they are saying but they have rich intonation and someone might have labeled their speech as “jargon” or “babble.” 3. Echopraxia. They communicate gest

Meaningful Speech® | Echolalia and Child Led Therapy on Instagram: "If you have a non-speaking or minimally speaking child they might be using media clips to communicate with you! Pay attention because this could also be a sign that they’re a gestalt language processor and could benefit from a robust, speech generating AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) device! If AAC hasn’t been introduced yet, NOW is the time to get your child or student started with robust speech generating devi

Meaningful Speech® | Echolalia and Child Led Therapy on Instagram: "💥Children need time to explore, “babble,” and watch us model on AAC! It was so thrilling to see this next step with a client during a session. October is AAC awareness month and NOW is the time to get your child or student started with robust speech generating devices because most popular AAC apps are on MAJOR sale! ⭐️ @prcsaltillo apps are on sale Oct 15th-28th: Touchchat with WordPower, LAMP Words for Life, Dialogue AAC & Uni