TalkAbility

Overview:
Are you looking for ways to help your child have longer conversations and connect with others more easily? Research shows that there’s a lot you can do during the everyday interactions and routines you already have with your child to build their social communication skills.

The TalkAbility™ guidebook is for parents of autistic children between the ages of 4 and 8 who are speaking in sentences and having conversations. TalkAbility helps you make the most of your child’s unique strengths and preferences to help them find more joy and connection in their interactions and to foster mutual understanding between your child and the important people in their life.

What Parents Learn:

The TalkAbility guidebook offers parents practical strategies to:

-Understand their child’s perspective and help them understand the perspectives of others.
-Encourage their child to understand non-verbal messages within the social context in which they are communicated.
-Support their child to have longer, more meaningful conversations with both adults and peers.
-Foster their child’s friendship skills.

Highlights:

-Illustrated examples and concrete suggestions for implementing strategies in your child’s everyday life.
-Checklists to understand your child’s learning style and sensory preferences, and to understand your own interaction style and how it may affect your child.
-Conversation and Play Checklists to help guide you in supporting your child’s interactions.
-Suggested children’s books, visual helpers and social stories.