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My 3-year-old daughter only says a handful of words. How can i help her?

This discussion was created from comments split from: I'm Chris, I specialise in working with children with autism, asperger's and learning disabilities.
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The salt services in my area are terrible still waiting to be seen past 16 weeks. What can i do to help her?
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Dear @Ash - my recommendation is that you speak to your Health Visitor and your GP to express your concerns that you are still waiting. Are their any Afasic groups running in your local area? Does your daughter access Nursery / play group currently?
Dear @kieran - thank you for answering in my absence. I totally agree that for some children PECS can work really well. The most important thing I have learnt from working as an SLT is it's not just about the means of communication (e.g. voice; PECS; apps) but the reason as to why a child communicates. We adults need to make sure we provide children lots and lots of opportunities to communicate. Attention Autism is a fantastic approach!
I do actually play with her and take her park quite a bit. I attended a SALT parent workshop and use some of their strategies such as giving her 5 min special time each day and only use specific words to communicate with her and limit my speech. I sometimes comment too. I give her choices and use loads of repetition. I just havent seen much progression in 6 months.
I will be contacting afasic to see if they can help but im so frustrated as still waiting to be seen by SALT therapist.