Tag Archives: developmental milestones

Discrete Trial Training


Discrete trial training is a powerful technique for acquisition of new skills for the children with Autism or other developmental delays. Discrete trail is given in 3 points: Teacher based instruction Child based response Consequence/ reinforcement Discrete trial training is mostly done … Continue reading

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Aesthetic awareness…


Artistic language includes the expression about the object with one’s perspective. It is important to teach a child his own view about the world. The regular children talk about color, shapes, textures, taste is like making aesthetic choices. This is one … Continue reading

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Pretend play


Pretend play is an important developmental milestone in the child growth. It not only encourages the play participation but also encourages cognitive, communication, social and emotional development. 1. The easiest way to start pretend play is playing with dolls. Sometimes, … Continue reading

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Reinforcement and bribery…


Many a time parents ask me back “isn’t reinforcement mean bribery?”, when I talked to them about reinforcement and ABA. The answer is NO. Reinforcement works as a reward and it is given immediate after the completion of the expected … Continue reading

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How to reduce flapping…


Most of the children with Autism and developmental delays may enjoy flapping and tapping hands or watching fingers. These activities increase when they are excited. This is called “Stimming”, it is way of calming the arousal system. Stimming may increase … Continue reading

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Sensory activities for Olfactory system/ smell sense


Olfactory sense is associated with smell and it indicates what is good and bad smell. Smell sense is also associated with hunger and taste bud. Sometimes, we smell like pasta and we start drooling or likes to eat it. Most … Continue reading

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Dyspraxia


Praxis term means “action on will”, in lay man terminology “voluntary action”. We all human being plan before we act. We plan to act differently in same situation depending on the environment. But, most of the children with developmental delay … Continue reading

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5 Sensory activities for children with tactile hypersensitivity


Kitchen time: The best functional and tactile stimulation place is the kitchen. Let him feel the vegetables and fruits. Once, he is comfortable, ask him to help in peeling, washing different vegetables and grain. If the child is asked to help on the … Continue reading

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Vocabulary is important…


Many parents when they visit us for speech evaluation indicates that the child has speech. They generally wonder that inspite the child has speech and words to speak, why does not he communicate? Communication is higher level than speech production. … Continue reading

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Teaching the children with developmental delays


There are different types of teaching methodology followed by the special educators, parents and therapist. Though the goals and objective may be different depending on the child ability and target behaviour. 3 types of teaching methodology Direct teaching Activity based … Continue reading

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