Start Here | First Words, First Signs, Your Autism Questions (Kakanda)

Presenter: Ibrahim Mohammed Aliyu Your questions about first words and first signs, answered, in Kakanda. Earlier we shared the first way of asking. Two things your child loves most, and one short word for each. In sight and out of reach, so there is a moment to teach in. Help fully at first, then help a little less. A word, a hand sign or a picture all count, and around ten chances a day. In this video: what to do when your child has never asked for anything, whether to make your child say the word before you hand the item over, whether signing holds speech back, what to do when your child grabs instead of asking, and how long before you see something change. The strategies in these videos come from published behavior-analytic research. The sources are listed at abaworld.org/start-here Watch the second video, First Words, First Signs: youtu.be/Pa-MfuRJQH4 All the Kakanda videos: abaworld.org/kakanda Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ11tWuamp9Y PRESENTER Ibrahim Mohammed Aliyu is a fourth year dental student in Nigeria. He works on public education in personal and environmental hygiene, dental outreach to schools, advocacy for girls' education, and mentoring the students coming up behind him. He volunteers with ABA World as an Autism Ally. Subscribe. The next one will find you. Other languages: abaworld.org/start-here ABA World is a nonprofit organization. abaworld.org #autism #Kakanda #parenting