TalkAbility: People Skills for Verbal Children on the Autism Spectrum - A Guide for Parents

by Fern Sussman

Even after they have learned to talk, children ages 3-7 with Asperger syndrome, mild autism or social difficulties face special communication challenges. To have real 'talk ability,' children have to understand the meaning behind the words by tuning in to the thoughts and feelings of other people. Parents and professionals have long sought a down-to-earth guide on how to help these children develop the people skills that make it possible to engage in real conversations and connect well with others. TalkAbility answers this need with a wealth of practical strategies that parents can build into their child s everyday life. These strategies help children gain both the social and special language abilities necessary for successful conversations and friendships.

This Hanen Centre guidebook continues the centre's longstanding tradition of taking the most current research and turning it into a readable, user-friendly book that gives parents and professionals the tools to support young children's social and language development.

Genres: Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Parenting, Nonfiction

202 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Nu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really helpful. Although my daughter is verbal, her Autism is paired with a Language Disorder, sensorimotor impairment and Speech Sound Disorder -which makes her seem to not understand what I say to her once I get too wordy. But I found if I break things down to 1 word and slowly build it seems to work. I’ll continue to put some of these principles into practice. Honestly, when you don’t know where to being you read everything and try to apply it to your child the best way you can.

5 stars!

[Diana Farrell · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dated and frequency inappropriate. This programme seems to aim to make autistic children appear 'more normal'. This is potentially massively damaging