Jewel Autism Centre

Your baby began exploring his world during his first 6 months. But he’s not done exploring—he’s just getting started! Now his explorations become more intentional as his growing language, thinking, and physical skills allow him to do more than he could before. What does this mean? More opportunities for play, making connections, and learning! Read about what happens—and how you can support his development. Repetition, Repetition—and More Repetition! While repeating actions over and over again is not necessarily thrilling for parents, babies at this age love it! Repetition helps babies learn new skills. Repeating an activity also helps babies understand cause and effect, the idea that a specific action leads to a specific response. Toys to explore: ·          Toys that encourage repetition like rattles, musical instruments, busy-boxes, blocks Helping your baby play and learn : ·          Gi...

NORMAL NON – FLUENCY GUIDELINES TO PARENTS NORMAL NON – FLUENCY GUIDELINES TO PARENTS Listen with pleasure with no completion of speech. Be interested and show the child that you are. Give him/her plenty of time to talk. Give him/her more opportunities. Encourage a pleasant relationship with others at home. Develop a sense of responsibility. Get him/her interested in/outdoor sports. Help him/her not to fear situations, words. Read stories together. Encourage singing. Make most of her assets. Help children in neighborhood and classroom understand her problem. Encourage him to have an objective attitude towards his problem. Prevent experiences that set off periods of excessive trouble. Talk slowly and distinctly yourself. Slow the place of your own movements. Keep your anxiety and concert away from the child. Occasionally fake some breaks in your rhythmic pattern. Give the child additional opportunities to talk in periods when there is fluency. Convince him ...

Specific Language Impairment Specific Language Impairment is a language disorder that delays the  learning of language skills in children  with no hearing loss or other developmental delays. It is diagnosed when a child’s language does not develop normally and the difficulties such as slow development, physical abnormality of the speech apparatus, autism spectrum disorder, apraxia, and acquired brain damage cannot be counted as SLI. The children with SLI are late to talk and may not produce any words until 2 years of all. At age 3 years they may talk but won’t be understood. As they grow older they will struggle to learn new words and make conversations. The cause of SLI is unknown, but recent studies suggest that it has a strong genetic link. Children with SLI are more likely than those without SLI to have parents and siblings who also have had difficulties and delays in speaking. In fact, 50 to 70 percent of children with SLI have at least one other family member wit...