Communication Strategies

Communication support helps children with autism express their needs, wants, thoughts, feelings, and ideas while building confidence and independence. Every child communicates differently—through speech, gestures, facial expressions, sounds, signs, pictures, technology, or behavior. 

• Identifying communication strengths and challenges 
• Creating home communication routines 
• Teaching visual supports 
• Helping parents respond to behaviors as communication 
• Collaborating with speech therapists and school teams 
• Creating individualized communication goals 
• Tracking progress