HOW TO TEACH TODDLERS TO ANSWER YES & NO QUESTIONS AT HOME: Receptive Language Speedy Speech Therapy

Kelli Meyer M.Ed, CCC-SLP

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Need help with targeting ATTENTION SPAN + EYE CONTACT + FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS + IMITATING gestures?!
Check out these videos!

Attention span:
https://youtu.be/3tYtDqHJh48
Eye Contact:
https://youtu.be/fcwgnw6jV6Q
Following instructions:
https://youtu.be/gPfuOKXn6rg
Imitating Gestures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57yhyV2VvW4
https://youtu.be/A8Pqodl1Ksk
Pointing:
https://youtu.be/MC1oJ9XXRG8

Tips for teaching your child YES vs NO at home!
1) Grab your child's FAVORITE reinforcers (toys, food, activities, whatever your child likes AND will be willing to WORK for!)
2) Target YES! first!
- offer a VISUAL - Big green check mark drawn on paper is fine or low-tech AAC board/visual
- HAND over HAND touch YES for them after giving the prompt "WANT COOKIE?!" YES! and help them TOUCH the check and pop the cookie into their mouth or blow the bubbles immediately!
- Decrease number of hand over hand trials after your child has grasped the concept of touching the check mark and work on imitating the actions of independently touching the check mark/picture/visual OR nodding their head YES! and provide the reinforcer immediately again!
- Be EXAGERATIVE! when shaking your head YES or being overly excited!
- Decrease trials of verbal cues by using the prompt "WANT COOKIE!?" and provide the VISUAL of the check mark OR exaggeratively shaking your head to move to the next level and see if your child will say "YEAH!" or "YES!" - if not, then MODEL and repeat!
- Once your child SAYS yeah, or yes, then ONLY reinforce when your child answers verbally, but keep prompting with the visuals when needed.
Behavioral Tip*** If your child is being non-compliant by refusing to respond with behaviors (turning their head away, crying on the floor, tantruming, whining/grunting) - grab dad/grandma and prompt them and reward them for responding appropriately to the prompt!

1) AFTER your child understands YES, then target NO! Offer your child something they do NOT like or would NOT want. (i.e. an onion, a tomato, a dirty sock, a leaf soaked in olive oil - get creative here to raise motivation) use same prompt "WANT LEAF?!"
2) Model NOOOO! Using exaggeration and visuals - hand over hand when needed and decreasing visual/verbal/tactile (hand over hand) cueing once the child is beginning to understand concept!
3) Continue to try to give the child the non-preferred objects when they do not respond to raise motivation level

YES and NO!
1) Once your child understands YES and NO separately! Combine and offer BOTH things they WANT and things they DO NOT want in order to decrease echolalic tendencies.
2) THEN move into yes/no concepts (negations) once the child understands YES/NO using wants/needs (i.e. "Is this a COW?! NOOO! That's silly!)

MOST IMPORTANT TIP:
ALWAYS, give your child what they answer! For example, if they say "YES" even if they mean "NO," give them what they said yes to! Why?! That is the ONLY way to draw attention to what they are saying! Same thing for "no!" - If they are used to saying "no!" to your question all the time, DO NOT give it to them and if it's positive, give it to someone else or eat the cookie yourself! **even if it upset them because they have to be upset to self-reflect to figure out what they are saying in order to keep getting the same response and therefore, change the response!!

*Looking for a "Language Explosion?!" Give your child CHOICES and use YES/NO concepts to further skill set!*
This techniques teaches children the POWER of CHOICES!
https://youtu.be/TmhoXq1LjLc

Let me know below how many trials this took for your little one!

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