ROLE OF SPEECH THERAPIST IN EARLY INTERVENTION OF CHILDREN
WITH AUTISM:
Therapy starts as parent guidance and support and continues to more formal
one on one engagement with child.
FEEDING
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oro-motor skills
oro-sensory development
LISTENING
- response to sound
- response to voice
- localising noise
- identifying noise
- discriminating between different noises
- speech sound awareness
INTERACTION & COMMUNICATION:
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Starts very early on
Smile
Cooing
Babbling
Responding to voice
Gestures
Initiating
Turn taking
Words
Expanding word types and functions
Phrases etc
SPEECH SOUND DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCTION
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awareness
oro-motor
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pecs/signs/cueing/verbal
expanding verbal/non verbal to more functions eg. from requesting only
to social commenting
encouraging more use with more people and more situations and
spontaneous us
creating an environment where opportunities for communication are
maximised
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