Autism and communication

Students with expression communication difficulties often have a hard time with speech, writing, or gestures. They are unable to convey a clear message to their parent, friend, peer, or teacher. They usually produce sentences or word phrases much shorter than their non autistic peers.


Symptoms to look for:
- Poor grammatical Skills
- Leaving words out of sentences.
- Poor sentence structure. 
- Child will make simpler than statements than peers.
- Has a hard time finding the right word.
- Uses non descriptors such as the word this or thing.
- Repeats back.
- Talks in circles.
- Has issues holding a conversation. 


The best way to teach to a child with expression communication difficulties is to consistently check for understanding, use prompts or cues, gain the child's attention, speak at a slower pace, use pictures to reinforce, or use activities to help build oral communication skills such as role playing, discussions, or interviewing. 


In the next few blogs, we will discuss different ways to convey a message.


https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/expressive-language-disorder
http://www.sess.ie/categories/specific-speech-and-language-disorders/receptive-language-disorder/tips-learning-and-teac