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Start with 3 cards, drink, food & a favourite toy. Show him each one as u give them too him. Put them on a board with Velcro, each time u get the item, get the card, say the word and once he’s finished put the card back. Eventually he will understand he needs that card to get “x” item. Then eventually introduce more x
Hiya my son is around the same age and also non verbal, he has S&L therapy and is currently waiting on an autism assessment. What we have been told by S&L is to use objects of reference. So shoes means outside, a certain spoon means tea time ect. Start with a couple and really hammer in that that object only means one specific thing. We have also been told to look for other communication queues such as an a an eye flick to us when we say ready steady *eye flick* go! Communication isnt just speaking and honestly im sure he will find his own way of telling you things! X
@Alice your 100% right you can communicate in so many ways. He trys to so if he wants food he will take me to the fridge or cupboard for me to pick him up and he will get what he wants and when we are due to go out he will point to my car keys as he knows keys mean car lol he does alot of hand guiding but sometimes I struggle to understand what he wants so I was hoping these cards would help us both understand and I was hoping they would help with potty training aswell.
Hi, this happened to my son and he was referred to speech and language therapy. It was discovered that he had childhood dyspraxia, so this maybe something to look out for. He is now 5 and I can’t shut him up! So don’t worry, we also bought him cards when he was non verbal and got on great with them once we explained what each of them was